Re: David or Bernie
- Posted by Everett Williams <rett at GVTC.COM> Sep 30, 1999
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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