OpenEuphoria

Re: GOTO - A fresh perspective?

• Posted by Euler German <efgerman at myrealbox.com> Feb 10, 2002
• 531 views

Hi Igor:


On 11 Feb 2002, at 0:06, Igor Kachan wrote:

> 

-<snip>-
> 
> Hey, ALL, look for a good programming language (interpretator)
> in the World. I do not need the best, just good enough
> for my task, which is asking for:
> 
> a language:
> must be much much faster than ANY other interpreter on ANY machine,
> must work on DOS from 3.30 without ANY&ALL DOS restrictions,
> must work on DOS with the speed of compiled 2 different C,
> must work on ANY Windows with the speed of compiled 3 different C,
> must work on Linux from 5.2 with the speed of compiled GNU program,
> must have IDE better than Delphy on Windows,
> must manage with Internet tasks,
> must be simpler than GWBasic,
> must fit in 1 floppy, 
> must work on ANY machine, from a 386 with one floppy drive without HD,
> must be free of charge with all that power,
> must have available source code.
> 
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100% with you. That's why I'm right here. Sorry boys and girls but I'll be on 
Rob's side. If we're talking about taking a position, well I took mine. Period.

Next we'll start talking about regulations, similarities, dialects and so on. 
Maybe in ten years we'll have ANSI Euphoria which means that you'll have a 
possibility to migrate your code to and fro another EUbrand.


-<snip>-
> 
> But I'm sorry at all too. Just I think EU
> is much better than other languages for any
> modern task and has many exclusive features,
> which are just absent in all other languages.
> 
-<snip>-

I want to stick my fork on this meat just a bit. I did not bought Euphoria from 
RDS *yet* for one single reason: I'm old fashioned enough to have a *need* 
(very badly) of a textbook! I have a *need* to touch paper while I read (ok, is 
just for learning) but there's nothing I can do about.

Ok, you'll may come and say: go to Eu docs and read it! Well, I did. As a 
matter of fact I have all printed in paper. They are very good but they do not 
*teach* Euphoria. I'm not sure if you all can understand what I mean. Maybe it 
seems weird but I warned before: I'm very old-fashioned.

So this is it: I read that if I want a GOTO I'll have to pay this and if I want 
a pass-by-reference, that or I can buy source from RDS and do what I like 
(maybe I'd call it Anarchya, maybe Hystheria), but who cares!?! IMO, it won't 
worth.

I'll keep asking for a book. Go ahead boys and girls! Show me how good you are! 
Show me your tricks and skills! Show me all that jazz and I'll pay you far more 
them I'll pay Rob for Euphoria. You can make much more money from a good book 
them for a possibly GOTO...

Cheers!

-- Euler