RE: The fate of Euphoria
Jeff Houck wrote:
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> Well, this thread isn't exactly roasting anywone... yet.
>
> <IDEOLOGY MODE ON>
> What I can't understand is this. With the source code for Euphoria being
> available for a rather paltry sum, why not acquire it, fix and improve a few
> "problem" areas and then contribute it back to RDS for inclusion?
I believe that has been tried. RDS has not been sufficiently enticed to
adopt anyone else's changes.
Somethings suggested are against Robert Craig's programming philosophy
and thus they will never gain his acceptance - regardless whether or not
his customers would appreciate them.
Other things, such as minor syntax shorthands, have been difficult for
RDS to include, but maybe with the new Euphoria architecture that will not
be such an impediment in future. However, RDS is cautious in the extreme,
and strives for perfection before releases. This is a major factor for
their very slow rate of releasing.
I believe that there is a place of compromise that customers are willing
to go to (no pun intended). A 95% perfect release is acceptable providing
fixes are regular and frequent. The current idea that 100% perfection is
the right thing is frustrating me.
I would prefer a model of small and frequent updates.
Would you all be willing to wait until I got Win32lib.ew perfect before
releasing it? That would takes years. Or is there some appreciation for
giving you frequent (about 10 a year) releases for the library?
>It would
> seem to me to be a better use of time and effort than being angry and placing
> a "blame". Improve the language and benefit the community as a whole.
If only RDS would do that though! The impression that RDS gives me is that
it believes the language is so close to absolute perfection, that it is
impossible to doing anything constructive to it. In fact, any changes
would be a blot on it, instead.
> "Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler." ~ Albert Einstein
And Euphoria is not that simple yet. It can still do with a tweak or two
to make it simpler to use. Currently, its imperfections require a degree
of complexity to overcome.
I really want to see what v2.5 has got for us before I "unleash hell" upon
RDS's Customer Enhancement Request system 
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Derek Parnell
Melbourne, Australia
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