RE: v2.5 Opens exw files wayyyy too slow
Preposterous. Reminds me of Bill Gates "nobody will ever need more than
1024kb of RAM"
What about palmtops? I'm sure they dont run at any dazzling 2Ghz.
Don't you have any foresight? Don't you have any ambitions to port
euphoria to other platforms?
You are a hack. The only excuse I can think of for such rediculous logic
is laziness.
I'm sure there are quite a number of people who are hoping for someone
to make a port of eu to the palmtop.
BTW, I have a 2.5Ghz, and I won't use 2.5 because it takes too long to
load. Other than the fact that it breaks most of my code, and I can no
longer do dynamic includes.
I for one, prefer to use an interpreted language because I don't want
the hassles of compilation. That INCLUDES compile times. I should NEVER
notice compile time in an interpreter.
When I began using euphoria, I was using a 100Mhz w/16Mb RAM, and it
worked fine, now you are saying I need to have a 2Ghz machine?
What about my software customers? I should expect that every one of them
can afford a brand new computer every year because Euphoria is catering
only to the now?
Most people don't have the slightest clue how to operate a computer, let
alone how to upgrade. Not many can afford to pay someone to update their
machine for them. Most non-techs don't give a damn if their PC is 100Mhz
or 3Ghz, as long as they can check their email and surf the web.
The office I work at still has a 300mhz at it's front desk. And it's
more than sufficient.
Until last year, the office was serving 10 machines with a 400Mhz
gateway. And it was quite sufficient also, the only reason it's not
still used, is because they got a router instead.
That 400Mhz is now used in one of the cubicles. Yeah all in this day and
age of >2Ghz PC's. Perhaps they should go and spend 10x$2000 to buy new
machines just so they can say they have modern equipment?
You think we're all rich or something?
Granted, assuming that everybody might be using 100Mgz PC's nowadays is
not reasonable, but 2Ghgz is far more unreasonable.
I think you should advertise that eu is recommended for 2Ghz PC's and
greater, and see how fast your income drops.
It's fortunate for you that eu targets newbie and hobbiest programmers,
because realistic programers will laugh in your face!
Chris Bensler
Robert Craig wrote:
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>
> posted by: Robert Craig <rds at RapidEuphoria.com>
>
> don cole wrote:
> > Are you saying that with faster and faster machines coming out in the
> > future
> > speed of program execution will now longer be of concern to programers?
>
> No, I'm saying that the initial *parsing speed* will
> be less important in the future, since machine speeds
> will increase faster than programmers can write bigger programs.
> *Execution speed*, which is slightly faster with 2.5 than 2.4,
> will always be important. Programmers have craved faster execution
> speed for as long as computers have existed. There are always
> new applications coming along that can benefit from more speed.
>
> Regards,
> Rob Craig
> Rapid Deployment Software
> http://www.RapidEuphoria.com
Chris Bensler
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