OpenEuphoria

Re: 2.5 Release

• Posted by Robert Craig <rds at RapidEuphoria.com> Nov 06, 2004
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Ken Rhodes wrote:
> 
> Any Day Now?
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> Date: 2004 Oct 27 4:19
> From: Robert Craig <rds at RapidEuphoria.com>
> Subject: Re: preprocessor
> 
> 
> I'm guessing it will be another 10 days, but all my previous
> estimates have been wrong. So much code has been rewritten, 
> it might be necessary to have two alpha releases before the 
> beta release. Things look solid to me, but who knows what you 
> people will find. 
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I'll need maybe 5-7 days to:
   - port some last-minute changes back to Linux and FreeBSD
   - proof-read / polish the docs again
   - update the Web site
   - last-minute final tests of code and install program
   - anything else I think of at the last minute

Since I'll be selling 2.5 alpha right from the get go,
I have to be sure it's well tested, by me at least.

The final stages of this release took a bit longer 
because of all the structural changes. The binder is totally new.
There's a new stand-alone "back-end" that you bind with. 
My build procedures are totally different now. The translator 
is needed to build the interpreter (front-end). The interpreter 
is used, initially at least, to run the translator, until I have
a translated .exe for the translator. This makes
porting more "interesting", though not much harder.
The Public Domain source is automatically extracted from 
my full source, and has to be tested. In some cases 
it has helped me to to locate front-end bugs since 
I can run it with (a stable version of) the interpreter, 
and catch subscript errors etc. Things have changed greatly from
my point of view, but there won't be a huge number
of new external features. With much more Euphoria code, and
much less C code, and more sharing of code, it will be 
easier to maintain and enhance everything going forward.
Users will be able to add/modify any feature they like.
I expect the front-end in particular will improve 
with many eyes examining it.

Regards,
   Rob Craig
   Rapid Deployment Software
   http://www.RapidEuphoria.com