OpenEuphoria

RE: v2.5 Opens exw files wayyyy too slow

• Posted by Jason Gade <jaygade at yahoo.com> Dec 21, 2004
• 565 views

Bernie Ryan wrote:
> I have been around here for 6 years.
> I contributed to the archive and have spent my money 
> to support euphoria so I think I have earn the right to
> complain. 
> 
>   2.5 is a disaster !  
> 
> 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 understand many of the concerns about 2.5, but I think that "disaster" is
wrong.  What exactly makes it a disaster?

The things that bother me most are RDS unwillingness to bend on the include file
issue and the forward referencing of routine_id.  Not that those issues really
affect me but the arugments for them make a lot of sense.

I understand that people are concerned with the startup time of 2.5 on older
machines.  That is where you would utilize binding or translating to fix it.  The
"slow startup" is now a reason to register instead of limiting statements for
debug or whatever.

The lack of a feature that gracefully exits a program if the version is too low
can also be fixed by binding/translating with the proper interpreter.  Or the
user reading the docs.  Or including a helpful comment on the source line where
you use a feature so it is displayed if an older interpreter runs it.

I certainly think that there are a lot of areas where Euphoria could improve,
and that Rob could be more responsive to the people who have contributed the most
to the language.  But "disaster" or "hack" are not the words I would choose.


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j.