OpenEuphoria

Re: Rob suggestions Linux

• Posted by Robert Craig <rds at ATTCANADA.NET> Aug 23, 2000
• 456 views

Bernie Ryan writes:
>   In the install doc, I would like to suggest that you have the
>   user set the enviorment variables in the /etc/profile script
>  file. This script file is excuted by the login shell, which is the
>  first shell EVERY user executes before executing their own private
>  .profile shell script.

I'll add that information to install.doc, but I
don't think that is always the right thing to do.
You can't assume that all users on all Linux systems
will want euphoria/bin added to their path.

> Also shouldn't the enviornment setting be
> enclosed in quotation marks?

Quotes weren't necessary for me.

> Do you have any idea how much the compiler is going to cost ?

A free version will be released that gives you
a brief nag message before your compiled program
starts to run.

The registered version will be very cheap,
and one price will cover all available platforms
and supported C compilers.

The registered version will get rid of the nag,
and will show Euphoria statements
as comments in the C source. It also has a simple
statement trace facility to aid in debugging. When you say
with trace and trace(1) it logs Euphoria statements
to a file. The file output wraps back to the beginning after
each 100 statements or so. This allows you to see the
statements that were executed just before any crash.
The interpreter is your first line of defence in debugging,
but there may be cases where the trace facility will
be important, e.g. if the translator has a bug, or if
you haven't registered the interpreter (not recommended).

I'll be deciding the exact price in the next week or so.

> Will there be any upgrade for user of the full versions
> non-compiler?

No. Everyone will pay the same (low) price.
No discounts. It's a separate, new product.

Regards,
   Rob Craig
   Rapid Deployment Software
   http://www.RapidEuphoria.com