OpenEuphoria

Re: Frozen language versions

• Posted by Robert Craig <rds at RapidE?pho?ia.com> Aug 23, 2007
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CChris wrote:
> A proportion of users appears to have a possibly large code base written using
> early versions (between 2.2 and 2.5) of Euphoria. They are primarily concerned
> by the need not to change a single line oj code in that base, which strangles
> the language to near death.

There's an awful lot of stuff that we can do with Euphoria
without breaking any existing code.
 
> Would it be possibl for RDS to release almost frozen versions of say 2.2, 2.3,
> 2.4 and 2.5 with only applicable bug fixes, but absolutely no added features?

RDS does not have the resources to cater to the very tiny minority of
people who are clinging to old versions out of fear (and laziness) 
of upgrading. There is no reason that I know of why someone 
should be afraid of upgrading to 3.1.1, other than maybe 
registered users who think that the encryption available 
in the 2.5 and earlier registered binder is offering them 
some necessary protection.

I'm the same as most people in this regard.
If a program is working well for me, and I see a new
version come out that does not offer me anything new
that I really care about, I am reluctant to upgrade.
 
Regards,
   Rob Craig
   Rapid Deployment Software
   http://www.RapidEuphoria.com