Re: David or Bernie
Do we have to repeat the saga of VEL x times in this space. There is a
concept called mindshare. It basically means that people have limited
bandwidth and usually won't look at something new until what they are using
has failed them in some critical way. Bernie, what I saw from you was a very
short announcement of your lib. There wasn't near enough
information/advertising in it too even tell for sure what it was capable of.
Just saying that it wraps up everything about windows probably doesn't mean
a lot to many of the programmers on this beat. First, that sounds more like
boast than reality. Second, it wasn't followed by a "for example" list of
things that your lib does that nobody else's does. Even if yours was the
best thing since sliced bread, it would take a while for people to discover
and use it effectively. A lesson might be learned from the VEL mixup.
Apparently VEL was simple and straightforward enough to use and sufficiently
bugfree to excite little comment from those that were using it. And not
everybody monitors this little patch of Euphoria excitement. IF you want
applause, you have to get up on the stage and do something. If you want your
library to be used and commented on, tell us about it, upgrade it and make
an announcement, something. I wouldn't comment, but it seems that there are
a large number of people doing exciting things with this language in areas
that one wouldn't believe for a language that is even close to interpretive
status and it would be a shame to lose any of them because of unrealistic
expectations.
Everett L.(Rett) Williams
rett at gvtc.com
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