OpenEuphoria

Re: Any ideas

• Posted by Irv Mullins <irv at ELLIJAY.COM> Mar 27, 2000
• 707 views

On Mon, 27 Mar 2000, Rhett wrote:
> Irv Mullins wrote:
>
> >On Mon, 27 Mar 2000, Rhett wrote:
> >> simulat wrote:
> >>
> >> snip
> >>
> >> >I know it's not so much fun as writing code, but maybe others on the list
> >> >would like to join me in a bit of a documentation project....
> >
> >> This would be a winner except for the nature of the project. Since there is
> >> a
> >> lack of specifity in our current manual, some clever tests will be required
> >> to
> >> determine just exactly what is done in certain situations and what the
> >> limits
> >> are in many others. After all that, version x.x of the language may change
> >> any one or all of these hard-gained pieces of information, since, according
> >> to our fearless leader, all internal matters are subject to change.
> >> Documenting chimeras is something that they don't teach where I come
> >> from. If there were a commitment from the management of support for the
> >> project, I would say that it would have a chance. Rob seems to fear that
> >> too much information will give away his secrets, so I doubt that he will
> >> truly cooperate.
> >
<snip>

> >These things certainly have internal matters subject to change, so of course
> >no one has written any books or documentation for any of Microsoft or
> >Borland's
> >products, have they?
> >
> >Irv

> Cheap and wrong. Now, shall we compare notes on how much we dislike
> MS. Apples and oranges.

Simply diversionary tactics; whether I like or dislike Borland or Microsoft
has nothing to do with the topic at hand, so I'll snip the rest...

I enjoy comments and suggestions made by people who want to improve
Euphoria. I've certainly made many myself, in the past, usually to be ignored,
or informed, politely, why I'm wrong.

When such suggestions are made by someone who has, as far as I can tell,
steadfastly refused to offer even a single line of code to enlighten others on
this list, and who has demonstrated to my satisfaction that he hasn't even read
the Euphoria manual from start to finish, I can't give them much credence.

> It won't solve one problem that you have. There is only one source for
that...other than yourself.

Gee, the Emperor really gets pissed when someone tells him he has no clothes....

Irv