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Re: sprint, value, and get

• Posted by Robert Craig <rds at RapidEuphoria.com> Jun 18, 2001
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Aku writes:
> Why euphoria has no built-in routine for sprint(), it must include
> misc.e, but print() is built-in.
> Why euphoria has no built-in routine for value() and get() that is
> slow by using include get.e, although i'm sure euphoria can do that
> by using the same procedure for parsing the *.ex* files (faster).

I like to code routines in Euphoria when it won't hurt 
the speed of typical programs. Coding in Euphoria is
easier, and it allows people to see how the 
routine works, and modify it if necessary.

sprint(), value() and get() are all closely associated with I/O.
When you are doing I/O you have disk access etc slowing you down.
Coding in C won't help you that much.

I suppose I could have written print() in Euphoria too,
but I need an internal C version of print() anyway,
for the trace and ex.err dumps.

> Are those will be built-in in version 2.3?

No.

Regards,
   Rob Craig
   Rapid Deployment Software
   http://www.RapidEuphoria.com