Re: Why Euphoria?
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Perverts, indeed. Yes, there are. Me.
I've been around computers for more than twenty years now, most of the =
time programming in one language or another. Many times I've had to get =
a language to work for me really fast; my current job has me doing cgi =
in perl, something I couldn't do a couple of months ago.
So, what's my perversion? I crave to get things done the right way, the =
fastest, most efficient, easiest way. Maybe my way. I can analyze, I can =
design, I can investigate and troubleshoot, but then I have to sit down =
and get the damn thing working, or I don't eat. And it's too many times =
I've had to face the ideological quirks of language designers.
Euphoria lets me do my thing. I can use it for extremely simple things =
like '? x', but it will also let me do graphics, grab at the Win API, or =
catch a DOS interrupt. It doesn't force a style on me, and it doesn't =
_require_ all-night jars of coffee.
There are things I've done with Euphoria I haven't been able to do with =
any other comparable language. (Assembler, maybe; I haven't tried). Like =
building a nice DOS user interface that mixes graphics mode and text =
mode. Like swooping up and down the screen modes list, and having a text =
screen zoom back and forth on the fly, changing palettes and colors =
along the way, until I had to look away before I got any dizzier.
And something that gets to be quite important past your tenth or =
fifteenth language: the documentation, especially the reference. =
Euphoria comes with a light, understandable and well-xref'd, and still =
quite complete set of docs. My desk currently supports three =
well-written but loooooooong Perl books, and a real monster for HTML, =
XML and scripting. Good books all, but not something you can say 'find', =
and there it is, all you need to know in three paragraphs and a smile.
Thank you all.
Gerardo E. Brandariz
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From: A.R.S. Alvin Koffman=20
To: EUPHORIA at LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU=20
Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2000 2:54 AM
Subject: Re: Why Euphoria?
Hay man I live in a nursing home and do we have perverts here!!!!!!!!!
=20
cklester wrote:
> I like it 'cuz it's so sexy!
Mike Nelson agreed with him:
> Euphoria is indeed sexy--she does it the regular way very well =
indeed,
> but also does the kinky stuff...
Any more perverts on the list?
jiri ;)
http://ka9qlq.tripod.com/
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>Perverts, indeed. Yes, there are. Me.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>I've been around computers for more than twenty =
years now,=20
most of the time programming in one language or another. Many times I've =
had to=20
get a language to work for me really fast; my current job has me doing =
cgi in=20
perl, something I couldn't do a couple of months ago.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>So, what's my perversion? I crave to get things done =
the right=20
way, the fastest, most efficient, easiest way. Maybe my way. I can =
analyze, I=20
can design, I can investigate and troubleshoot, but then I have to sit =
down and=20
get the damn thing working, or I don't eat. And it's too many times I've =
had to=20
face the ideological quirks of language designers.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>Euphoria lets me do my thing. I can use it for =
extremely=20
simple things like '? x', but it will also let me do graphics, grab at =
the Win=20
API, or catch a DOS interrupt. It doesn't force a style on me, and it =
doesn't=20
_require_ all-night jars of coffee.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>There are things I've done with Euphoria I haven't =
been able=20
to do with any other comparable language. (Assembler, maybe; I haven't =
tried).=20
Like building a nice DOS user interface that mixes graphics mode and =
text mode.=20
Like swooping up and down the screen modes list, and having a text =
screen zoom=20
back and forth on the fly, changing palettes and colors along the way, =
until I=20
had to look away before I got any dizzier.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>And something that gets to be quite important past =
your tenth=20
or fifteenth language: the documentation, especially the reference. =
Euphoria=20
comes with a light, understandable and well-xref'd, and still quite =
complete set=20
of docs. My desk currently supports three well-written but loooooooong =
Perl=20
books, and a real monster for HTML, XML and scripting. Good books all, =
but not=20
something you can say 'find', and there it is, all you need to know in =
three=20
paragraphs and a smile.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>Thank you all.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>Gerardo E. Brandariz</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
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title=3Dka9qlq at HOTMAIL.COM>A.R.S. Alvin=20
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href=3D"mailto:EUPHORIA at LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU"=20
title=3DEUPHORIA at LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU>EUPHORIA at LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU</A> =
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, June 14, 2000 =
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Why =
Euphoria?</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hay man I live in a nursing home and =
do we have=20
perverts here!!!!!!!!!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>cklester wrote:<BR><BR>> I like it =
'cuz it's=20
so sexy!<BR><BR>Mike Nelson agreed with him:<BR><BR>> Euphoria is =
indeed=20
sexy--she does it the regular way very well indeed,<BR>> but also =
does the=20
kinky stuff...<BR><BR>Any more perverts on the list?<BR><BR>jiri=20
;)<BR></DIV></FONT>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><A=20
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