Re: Euphoria To C -- I\\\'m Back!
On Fri, 8 Sep 2000 16:58:00 -0400 Robert Craig <rds at ATTCANADA.NET> wrote:
>Mike writes:
>
>> Take Sky.ex from Jiri for example, it runs perfectly on
>> my system when interpretted. When translated and compiled,
>> I get a message saying "could not allocate memory". Why is that?
>
>OK, I just tried it and got the same message
>when using DOS4GW. (map.ex was fine, but
>sky.ex only works with CauseWay).
>
>I re-read the copyright on CauseWay, and Michael Devore
>is really making CauseWay *totally* free. You can copy it,
>use it for commercial purposes, anthing you like.
>So I'm going to put together just the one or two CauseWay
>files that you really need, along with a few simple instructions,
>and it should be a non-brainer for anyone with WATCOM
>to use CauseWay instead of DOS4GW. IMHO CauseWay
>is much better than DOS4GW anyway - fewer bugs,
>much smaller size, bind it with your .exe,
>has a .exe compressor etc.
>
>I should have it ready in a couple of days.
>
>Regards,
> Rob Craig
> Rapid Deployment Software
> http://www.RapidEuphoria.com
Sounds like a good momentary sollution.
However, you kow that Watcom can't be bought anymore, and you know that the Open
Watcom project will be different than the Watcom you based the translator on,
plus, it will be made available (the source) in the first quarter of 2001. So,
one might ask, why won't you support DJGPP and VC++/BC++? Because for one, the
Windows SDK won't be released with the free Watcom version, and for two, DJGPP is
famous, free, fast, opensource and easy to use for DOS32 programming. Anyone can
download DJGPP, but no one can even buy, let alone download, a full version of
Watcom.
VC++ even has a freeware edition wich ships with some books, and it produces
code for RISC, MIPS, x86, Dreamcast (using Windows CE Dreamcast toolkit), and the
future X-Box console wich run on Windows 2000.
There is just no viable reason to whip out some old officially dead non-buyable
compiler system and demand that people buy it, or were lucky enough to have
bought it years ago. Plus, why would anyone even bother paying for a
C compiler, only to be able to compile Euphoria programs?
All GCC licenses are fraudulant and shit, but atleast GCC based compilers are
free.
The dead Watcom 486 compiler is not that good a thing to use when promoting
Euphoria programming to all those Visual C++ 6.0 Pentium III optimised turbo
flashy MFC OCX Direct X ultra l33t hax0r skilled programmers.
Let's face it: Watcom = crap.
Infact, all YOU have to do is compile exw.exe with Visual C++ and you will get a
large overall speed gain. Because if you wouldn't, let's be honest, why would
anyone ever have bought VC++ over Watcom for Windows programming in the first
place?
Mike The Spike
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