Euphoria's uniqueness
> SR Wrote:
> What is that something NEW that we are creating, exactly? What does
> it do that the other languages don't?
I agree that Euphoria doesn't present any really new concepts. Its how they
are implemented that makes Euphoria a useful tool.
Sequences are also present in Pick Basic, though they call them multi-valued
fields and Pick's implementation limits them to 10 levels deep. Also the
minimalist data type system is found in Pick too - everything is a string
and numeric operations always involve automatic run-time conversions. As for
platform independence, I suspect that REXX is a good benchmark to use.
The one unique thing I can think of is the idea of limiting scope to an
include file. I don't think any other language does this at the source code
level, they usually do this at the object code level. Euphoria's include
file is very similar to object modules being included by a link-editor. But
still, the concept is not very new or significantly different from other
languages.
Euphoria makes using these concepts easier. It is a general purpose
language, unlike Rebol which is custom built for Internet functionality. I
really like Rebol (and Ruby) but not for everyday applications.
However, I am not convinced yet that Euphoria is as good as it could be. RDS
still needs to include a little more usability into the language for it to
be really great. RDS is doing the improvements now. Not all at once and not
as fast as I would like, but improvements are being planned. After version
2.3, I'm positive there will be a v2.4 etc...
There is not much you couldn't do with Euphoria. It's just that the coder is
doing a lot more work now that the interpreter could do for them instead.
Does this make Euphoria a poor tool? Probably not, if in the long run it
proves more economical than the alternatives. The jury is still out on that
one.
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cheers,
Derek Parnell
Senior Design Engineer
Global Technology Australasia Ltd
dparnell at glotec.com.au
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