OpenEuphoria

Re: The fate of Euphoria

• Posted by Tone Škoda <tskoda at email.si> Nov 10, 2004
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Derek Parnell wrote:

> > The presence of a language contruct in a programming language does not
> > necessarily encourage its use. For example, I am not, or have ever been,
> > encouraged to write DOS graphics programs in Euphoria.

if there exists two or more ways to do the same thing, be it in language or
library (C++ is typical example, createForm() in win32lib another), it (for me)
greatly complicates that language or library. here's why: many times it is hard
to decide which method to use. you have to know what are differences between
those two methods, and so you have to know details of both methods to know their
differences. and i dont like language or library where you have to remember a lot
of things, or if you do it one way it might not be the best way.

in this area is euphoria very good.


analogy with dos graphics is not very good. dos graphics does specific job and
no other thing does that job. goto and elsif do basically the same thing, or can
do the same thing.

this is why structures could complicate eu. :/