Re: Euphoria in the past, present and future (was: New Euphoria Users Websit
- Posted by irv at take.maxleft.com Nov 15, 2002
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On Thursday 14 November 2002 05:21 pm, Ray wrote: > I'm sure I have read on the list before how the Euphoria source code > is created in such a way where speed is the most important thing. > These days many believe “readability” of source code is more > important so that bug fixes and enhancements can be made more > easily. Is this why Euphoria is so static? Because the source code > is designed for speed and size and not readability and maintainability? > > I'd be interested to hear what offers think Karl and Matthew should be able to comment on this. I've wondered about it myself, but haven't bought the source code because I doubt I would be able to use it. I only know enough about C to hate it. I have seen programming projects which became so convoluted and fragile that no one dared to change *anything*, for fear the entire thing would collapse like a house of cards. Could that be the case? I have also known people who would *never* acknowlege a good idea just because they didn't think of it first. I have a friend who sells plumbing supplies. He's a good businessman. One day, I asked him what he would do if every third customer who walked into his store ordered a hot dog. "Buy a grill" was his immediate answer. Did I mention that he's a good businessman? Regards, Irv