OpenEuphoria

Re: A few newbie questions

• Posted by D L <d1eu at yahoo.ca> Nov 30, 2004
• 536 views

Rich wrote:

> OK, just wanted to make sure that this language has some kind of future,
> before I dig
> into it. Do you know approximately how many people that are using it? 

I asked myself the same question after reading all the debates about the
language and seeing some knowledgeable users jump ship.
The following link claims to give an indication of the popularity of programming
languages :
http://www.tiobe.com/tiobe_index/index.htm

IMO the question is how does Euphoria fit your needs, but, it is granted that a
lot of effort and time is required to learn a language and one does not want it
to go to waste just because the language itself is going to slide into oblivion
in the future.
It was Jonas that "introduced" me to Euphoria through his programs since I was
looking for ways to access the data on iSeries machines, which I have used for
many years. Later Win32lib and IDE sparkled in my eyes.
The point here being, it is not only the language that matters but the tools and
user forum(s) available around it.

I have looked at many languages (Perl, Python, Oz, VB, Ruby, ...) but only
Euphoria and lately Rebol (it is incredibly easy to use) keep holding my
attention.
Good luck in your search.
Denes.