OpenEuphoria

Re: The Great Computer Language Shootout

• Posted by kbochert at copper.net Nov 08, 2003
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On 8 Nov 2003 at 14:01, jiri babor wrote:

> 
> 
> C. K. Lester wrote:
> >Jiri, where ya bean? How ya bean?
> 
> To all sorts of greener pastures: went back to Delphi for any really serious
> work, and explored functional languages: Haskell, Caml and Clean (a nice new
> version came out last week!). 
Got a URL for Clean?

I also spent a bit of time with Icon (mainly
> Unicon), Python (very nice, not at all as slow as some people would like us
> to believe, especially if you use the fast array module, but, granted, a bit
> on the bulky side) and Lua, which is, I think, the nicest free little
> scripting language around, by far! I have also been playing with Linux in
> preparation for the moment Bill pulls the plug on Win98SE, the last OS I
> bought from those Redmond crooks,  but , unfortunately, only the commercial
> Lindows support all the weird hardware combinations I always seem to finish
> with...
> 
> Ray Smith wrote:
> >There was some discussion on the list a while ago about this.
> >
> >It's interesting in the FAQ is this:
> >
> >"The language should have most of the following desireable features:
> >
>  >  1. Ability to read/write 4K buffers, bypassing standard I/O.
>  >  2. Process control (i.e. fork()/wait()).
> >   3. Exceptions.
> >   4. Regular Expressions (preferably Perl compatible).
> >   5. Linux Kernel Threads.
> >   6. Internet Sockets.
> >   7. Objects.
> >   8. Ability to print out its own version number.
> >   9. A module system, and separate compilation of modules (if
> >compiled).
> >
> >I may make some exceptions to the above, but only if I feel like it."
> >
> >The "author" is limiting the languages used to include "what he thinks"
> >is the minimum requirements of a language.
> >
> >Euphoria for instance doesn't come close to meeting these requirements.
> 
> Ray, that's true, but looking at the Win version, its author seems to be
> much more accommodating. And anyhow, I thought any sort of more 'objective'
> comparison would be more interesting than the frequently embarrassing blurb.
> 
> jiri
I have implemented 14 of the benchmarks in Bach, which has exceptions, 
objects and regular expressions. The built-in hashtable support was also very
important for good results on several tests.


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