OpenEuphoria

Re: Black Plague + Eu concerns

• Posted by DB James <larch at adelphia.net> Aug 05, 2005
• 585 views

don cole wrote:
> 
> Chris Burch wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > Hi
> > 
> > I am sick to death of Eu/RDS bashing.
> > 
> > I love this language. It does exactly what I need, its dead easy to write.
> > Its dead
> > easy to understand. Its fast. Its cheap. (not free, cheap, who caeres, I can
> > afford
> > it). Its cross platform.
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They all
> > have their pros and cons, but damn sure Eu has more pros than all the
> > others)
> > 
> > Just my 2p worth.
> > 
> > Chris
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> I have agree with Chris on this.
> 
> I had two questions posted recently strictly dealing with Euphoria that have
> gone
> un-answered thus far  because I believe they got lost in discussions about
> Linux vs.
> Microsoft.
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>  However , I would like read, on this forum ,the answers to SOMBODY’S
>  questions or
> tricks that others
> use to get around this or that in Euphoria. I like to see examples of code in
> posts.
> There’s not much of that anymore. 
> 
> And to those who like to write these lengthy posts explaining why they are
> leaving
> Euphoria for a better
> language I say,  "Don’t let the door hit you in the ass on the way out."
> 
> 
> Don Cole,
> SF

Hi all,

I agree in general with both Chris and Don.  Euphoria is a fine programming
language and more about programming would obviously be a good thing.  And a big
problem with negative posts is not that people don't have a right to express
themselves as they wish -- they *do*.  But the simmering flames can start a big
fire and scorch the good side of things, if people are not careful.  Putting it
differently, bummerhood can be catching, like the flu.

As for not letting the "door hit you in the ass on the way out", I have two
different and simultaneous reactions to that: one is "yes!, go and darken the
door no more".  The other reaction is a sense of loss and a realization that in a
sense no one ever completely leaves a good forum like this one.  The ghost of MTS
is still somewhere in the corner, being irritating.  The fellow that RC compared
to a skunk under his house lives on in the archives.  On the brighter side, David
Cuny and many other great programmers still affect all Eu programmers, though
they rarely or never post anymore.  Their work and influence are still with us on
a daily basis.

And as for getting back to programming, I'll post a sort of puzzle later today
just for the fun of it.

--Quark