OpenEuphoria

Re: Knew it wouldn't last.....

• Posted by Kat <gertie at PELL.NET> Aug 09, 2000
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On 9 Aug 2000, at 14:20, Brian Broker wrote:

> On Tue, 8 Aug 2000 20:45:42 -0700, Paul Kerslake wrote:
>
> >When I downloaded Euhporia and saw the word register, I knew it wouldn't
> >last. Not to mention the $29.95 cost is, how shall I say, way out of my
> >range. I'm 15 I don't have a summer job and $10 a week isn't going to cut
> >it. Not to mention I desperatly need a new CD-ROM which will cost me big.
> >4x don't work.
> >
> >So, I'm -sigh- not going to order the full version any time soon. I really
> hate to say that. But, I will get it eventually. So some questions about
> the full version:
> >
> >1. Will the full version somehow increase mr programming skills.
>
> No, registering Euphoria will not magically increase your programming
> skills.  Only practice can do that.  But it definitely helps to have
> debugging capabilities over 300 lines.  Once you start coding larger
> projects, this is something you must have to save on development time.
>
> >2. Can I make independant .EXE files and send them to my friends.
>
> Yes
>
> >3. How much is it.
>
> See http://www.rapideuphoria.com/reg.htm for more info.
>
> $40 (for DOS32 and Win32) isn't much at all to pay for good development
> software.  Perhaps if you can show your parents what you can do with the
> shareware version, you might be able to talk them into getting it for you
> as a gift.  Tell them about how educational it is and how interested you
> are in it.  Then point out how much some other development software costs
> these days (i.e. hundreds of dollars).  I don't know of too many parents
> who wouldn't spend $40 dollars for 'educational software'.  Heck, that's
> less than most Nintendo64 games.
>
> Not to mention that you could write your own shareware programs and try to
> earn that money to repay them... (unfortunately, software needs to be quite
> sophisticated these days to get people to pay for it, but it doesn't hurt
> to try).

And with the C translator coming out, it could give you an edge when you take a
look
at C, since the C compilers can be had for free. I know it's difficult to think
long-term
as an alledged kid, but years come and go, and the next yr could be completely
different than what you expect. 

Kat