OpenEuphoria

RE: v2.5 Opens exw files wayyyy too slow

• Posted by Chris Bensler <bensler at nt.net> Dec 21, 2004
• 595 views

Mark Gaspar wrote:
> 
> 
> posted by: Mark Gaspar <mgaspar7 at pacbell.net>
> 
> Bernie Ryan wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > RDS had better remove the following statements from their
> > 2.5 documents because they are no longer true.
> > 
> > <qoute>
> > * a high-performance, state-of-the-art interpreter that's
> >   30 times faster than conventional interpreters such as
> >   Perl and Python.
> > 
> > * lightning-fast pre-compilation. Your program source is
> >   checked for syntax and converted into an efficient internal
> >   form at over 35,000 lines per second on a lowly Pentium-150.
> >   There's no need to mess around with extra "byte-code" files.
> > 
> > 
> >  The Euphoria Interpreter is written in ANSI C, and can be
> >  compiled with many different C compilers.
> > 
> > </qoute>
> > 
> >  It would be cheaper to use a FREE "C", PASCAL, ASSEMBLER
> >  interpeter or compiler available on the WEB to create
> >  programs than to upgrade a user's hardware.
> > 
> >  I can just see a new user downloading my w32engin.ew
> >  and trying to load it; saying gee ! I better buy a faster
> >  computer so I can use this wonderful library to write my
> >  programs.    
> > 
> >  Once again RDS is asking us to adjust our way of doing
> >  things to use their product.
> > 
> > 
> >   When will RDS wake-up to the fact that we are customers
> >   not just users.
> > 
> > 
> > Bernie
> > 
> > My files in archive:
> > w32engin.ew mixedlib.e eu_engin.e win32eru.ew
> > 
> > Can be downloaded here:
> > <a 
> >
> > href="http://www.rapideuphoria.com/cgi-bin/asearch.exu?dos=on&win=on&lnx=on&gen=on&keywords=bernie+ryan">http://www.rapideuphoria.com/cgi-bin/asearch.exu?dos=on&win=on&lnx=on&gen=on&keywords=bernie+ryan</a>
> > 
> > 
> I'd suggest calming down a little here.  2.5 is alpha at this point 
> folks!
> 
> Mark

History speaks volumes.

Besides we aren't talking about 2.5, we're talking about Robert Craig's 
comment. He's making excuses to justify the work he's already done. More 
importantly, he's disregarding his patrons, and even Euphoria's 
fundamental traits, as Bernie mentioned.

Chris Bensler
Code is Alchemy