Re: GOTO - A fresh perspective?
Hi Irv:
On 10 Feb 2002, at 19:02, Irv Mullins wrote:
>
> Sorry, but the cost of manufacturing a book is just too high.
> If there were 100,000 Euphoria users, then there might be enough market
> to convince O'Riley or someone to try a book. For small runs, the cost
> would be so great no one would buy it.
>
This is terrible, I'm afraid. I'm quite confident that Euphoria will be on
limbo while languages it can surpass easily, by any means, will last. I'm not
sure if it's of RDS interest but if they *truly* believe in their product they
should put some money on it. An unknown product is a dead product. How could I
manage to (learn) teach Euphoria to others without books? Another question:
what will last after all of you get your own copy of Euphoria? Will RDS just
shut doors or would they last with a 50% income now and then? I just can't
accept that. Let me put this way: RDS need to make a big move. They must turn
Euphoria into a popular language. They have to convince someone with the
ability and skills to spread the word as it is not of their business to spred
the word. Unfortunately, hundreds of thousands users aren't enough in a world
that counts in billions.
> Someone could post a book on the internet, so that you could print your own
> copy, but then they would be doing a lot of work for free, so I don't think
> that's going to happen either.
>
Well, could be an e-book, a lot cheaper than on paper. Could be done at home by
anyone with knowledge and writing skills. It could be made in PDF protected
mode and selled by the Net. I don't mind the media: paper or e-paper (I can
print it later), but I believe that information, to be valuable and
understandable, at least to the great majority of persons, must be compiled as
a book, not on information chunks.
I'm not talking on freework either. I'm ready to pay for it. I know that you
and others that are not newcomers like me don't need this, but you should
consider very much that you're quite alone. You have the knowledge but don't
have number. Without a minimum amount there will be no change, not enough
*mass* to sustain a chain reaction. This may change from euphoria to entropy.
Sorry if I'm so pessimist. Maybe I'm just on a bad day.
Warmest Regards,
-- Euler German
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