Re: .il code/file questions
On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 17:39:31 -0800, Robert Craig
<guest at RapidEuphoria.com> wrote:
>Derek Parnell wrote:
<snip>
>> I want to support RDS's backend because its very very good. Its just that
>> I would like to create the IL using a different tool than the free RDS
>> product.
<snip>
>You might discover that you actually need back-end changes as well,
> to properly implement some feature.
Hopefully that's unlikely. A lot of it seems to be syntactic sugar.
>The Source Code product lets you make any changes you like,
>to either the front end, or the back-end. The only "catch"
>is that the interpreter you create must be for your own use.
>You can't distribute it to the world (unless it runs on a new
>platform).
Hmmm...
Excuse me for putting words in your mouth, but what I think you should
be saying is something like this (some parts unedited):
>The Public Domain source lets anyone in the world, for free,
>make any changes they like to the way the Euphoria interpreter works.
>The only "catch" is that it runs slower than
>the official interpreter. Translating it helps, but it's
>still slower.
If you buy the sources, you get:
> B. a bit of extra closed-source Euphoria code that
> interfaces the Euphoria front-end with my C back-end.
If you want to redistribute your modified compiler, you can, but not
including B. You can of course suggest to your users that they buy B
from RDS to make it run at full speed.
Am I missing something here?
Regards,
Pete
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