RE: Euphoria's Future?
... "my" 2 cents worth about Euphoria's future ....
I have been using Euphoria on and off for close to 3 years and get
very frustrated about the lack of available good quality, bug free,
documented libraries. Over this time I have seen many people
come and go (myself included!).
Don’t people wonder why more people aren’t using Euphoria?
Why hasn’t it grown faster?
Where are all the Euphoria web sites?
I always sound very negative when I talk like this and I don’t mean
to be but sometimes you have step back and look at the big picture.
Euphoria is a good "base" language for the small to medium sized
tasks that don't need to much interaction with other technologies.
What I’m saying is that Euphoria “IS” good for some tasks. But it
isn’t the “best” tool for “a lot” of tasks.
Yes there are many libraries available but few are complete and even
fewer are documented. The return "cry" is always ... build your own
libraries ... the problem is that this takes a lot of effort!
Trust me I should know!
If you like building libraries then this is great!
The big benefits of Euphoria (IMO) are:
* it's small
* it's fast
* It's easy to program in.
If you strip all of the libraries and extensions out of almost any
other language you would probably achieve the same benefits.
Being small isn't always a feature.
Euphoria creates a lot of enthusiasm from people new
to programming because it is easy to use. These same
people mostly wander off when they find out things get
very difficult very quickly after you can do the basics.
I believe Euphoria needs “official” libraries (or utilities)
that are distributed with (and documented with) the
base Euphoria install. Or an “official” libraries pack
that can be downloaded as a separate download but
installed and documented together.
I don’t believe the current method of letting people write
and share their libraries with other people is working
satisfactorily.
Sometimes you need to look at the past to see the future!
How long has Euphoria been used for?
What is the current status?
What is the future?
I don’t want people to stop using Euphoria … but I believe
people should be aware of what is easily achievable and what
is not. I’m always happy when people push the boundaries
of what can be done but my feeling is most people give up
with frustration at what can’t be done (“easily”).
Marketing is another thing mentioned….
Why wouldn’t RDS want Euphoria to be popular?
Who hear is happy with the current progress of Euphoria?
Who wouldn’t want Euphoria to improve and expand at a faster rate?
To finish with a positive note … I’m waiting with anticipation as to
what can be achieved when others have the source code. This is
the most positive step RDS have made for years and hopefully
there are enough people willing to buy and expand on it and
expand Euphoria’s capabilities.
Ray Smith
http;//www.geocities.com/ray_223
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