OpenEuphoria

Re: Win32Lib Handover

• Posted by CoJaBo <CoJaBo_EUforum_Address at CJBN.net> Nov 23, 2004
• 488 views

Kat wrote:
> 
> On 22 Nov 2004, at 22:23, don cole wrote:
> 
> > 
> > posted by: don cole <doncole at pacbell.net>
> > 
> > Derek Parnell wrote:
> > > 
> > > In about 10 or so days, I'll be handing over win32lib to the next
> > > generation of carers. I'd like it to be reasonably stable (no major 
> > > errors) before I do that. 
> > > 
> >  Why do all the long time, hardcore Euphorians appear to be jumping ship?
> 
> We have been here a long time, we expected Eu to grow. We expected our 
> requests would be heard, and our needs be met. I am looking for a language 
> most like Eu, but with the same features i asked for 5 years ago, which RDS 
> can't bring themselves to supply. Lua, Tk, Perl, Python, Php, mirc,, don't 
> quite do it for me by themselves, but Eu could have been absolutely perfect, 
> the top language to beat all languages. I'll probably go with Php. Or Bach....
>
What is Bach?

> depending on the license terms regarding how i can use it on my own 
> computers at home. OpenEu doesn't seem to be getting anywhere.
> 
> I am sorry to see Derek leave. I was sorry to see DavidC leave. Irv leaving 
> too, and others. I can't figure how RobC's overriding concern for the original
>
> vision of the language is worth this brain drain of contributors. RDS should
> be
> hiring these people, not running them off. Shooting the language in the foot 
> with 2.5, and then charging twice the price for it, is simply stunning.
> 
> Kat
> 
>