RE: New Euphoria Users Website
On 14 Nov 2002, at 19:46, Chris Bensler wrote:
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> The entire stem of this discussion is the fact that I for one, am one of
> those, who do want to see Euphoria live up to it's potential. Simply
> put, I realized quite a while back, that the chatroom is more
> productive. In terms of code output, and general enthusiasm for the
> language. This is MY cup of tea, maybe not yours, which is why we have
> BOTH a mailing list, AND a chatroom, not either/or.
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> Some of us are not satisfied to sit by and watch such a great language
> fall further and further behind the rest of the programming world.
>
> If I sold you a bicylce, with one wheel, and you didn't complain. The
> next time you came in, do you think you would get a bike with 2 wheels,
> if I still have that one-wheeled bike? You better bet yer booty that yer
> gonna be stuck with that same unicycle again. I'll save the proper
> equipment for those who are going to complain, and make my life
> otherwise difficult. What motivation does Robert Craig have, to improve
> EU, if noone ever complains?
But what can those of us do who want to push Eu into the 21st century?
Drop Eu and go exclusively to Bach, yet submit the applications to the
contribs pages as Eu programs? Each write our own interpreter and leave
Eu?
Kat
> Do you think Bill gates will ever take the initiative to make MS Windows
> compatible with linux, and other OS's?
> He MAY be considering it now, or in the future, because of the growing
> popularity of non-mainstream OS's. The development of these other
> systems, for the most part, is directly relevent to the rebellion
> against MonopolySoft.
>
>
> Chris
>
>
> Sabal.Mike at notations.com wrote:
> > Personally I like the language and community the way they are. IMHO, if
> > Robert felt threatened by the competition enough to be afraid of his
> > business failing, I expect he would take whatever initiative necessary
> > to increase the size of the community. No programmer worth their mettle
> > is going to say that Euphoria is the perfect language for every task.
> > We all know its shortcomings, as much as we all know its strengths.
> > Based on the comments, or lack thereof, from RDS, I must conclude that
> > Robert is satisfied with the business as it stands and is not in any
> > hurry to inspire an explosive growth in the user base. I'm inclined to
> > agree. If or when that changes, I'll be the first to jump on board.
> >
> > Michael J. Sabal
> >
> > >>> bensler at mail.com 11/14/02 12:42PM >>>
> > In any event, it seems pretty ironic that we all want Robert Craig to
> > do
> > something about the language, but not many of us have attempted to take
> >
> > any initiative.
> >
> > Chris
> >
> >
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