Re: another one bites the dust
Chris Bensler wrote:
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>Last but not least:
>It took me a month to learn QBASIC, and then I still needed a lib for this
>and a lib for that, try and find them.
>It took me one day to learn EU. Oh! I need a lib, goto RDS, whaddya know!
>There it is!
>As well, through learning EU, I've grasped an understanding of C/C+ and asm.
>In one month (how long I've been coding EU), I've learned more than in the
>TWO YEARS I was coding QBASIC.
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>-- A loyal EU fan
>
John Donne wrote it long ago. "No man is an island...each person's
death diminishes me. Mr. Crook made what is probably a more rational
decision than the one that most of us have made to stick with the
language. I have stated over and over that Euphoria is a most wonderful
teaching language. It is highly understandable on it's face as long as
one is not trying to do some of the many things that Mr. Crook and
many others have mentioned. Even longtime contributors such as
Mr. Ryan have voiced similar sentiments without the same withdrawal..
I am glad of that.
Coming from QBASIC, Euphoria must look like food of the gods. Stick
around in the field for a while and if you learn much, you will learn both
how really pleasant Euphoria is and how frustrating it's slow growth and
limitations are. When capable programmers quit the field, maybe
programmers of lesser experience should take a closer look at the field
rather than leaping to the defense when no further attack is being
offered. You seem to be reassuring yourself that your great knowledge
and experience are sufficiently superior that you won't suffer the
same fate. Time will tell. I hope that you are right and he is wrong at
least as far as staying or going is concerned. I am fairly certain that
most of his criticisms are well founded.
Everett L.(Rett) Williams
rett at gvtc.com
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