Re: Eu 'Textbook' Prospects (Was: RE: GOTO - A fresh perspective?)
- Posted by encephalon1 at msn.com
Feb 12, 2002
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one thing Eu has is a dedicated group of supporters, as small as it may be. As
long as that continues, it can only grow,
and should catch on quite well when fully developed. I don't know much about
Python, but isn't it a kind of "special
purpose" language? I think Eu would be considered general purpose, and that
puts it in the same competition bracket as BASIC
(and all individual forms thereof) -- that language has been established for
longer than most languages out there now, and I
don't see it completely disappearing any time soon. If Eu had a very particular
advantage over other languages for a
specific purpose, it might catch on a lot faster.
----- Original Message -----
From: C. K. Lester
Subject: RE: Eu 'Textbook' Prospects (Was: RE: GOTO - A fresh perspective?)
> > Do you think that Eu is... developed enough to catch the
> > attention of the programming community as a whole?
>
> No way. Compare it with Python, for example. Python
> was invented in 1990. Now there are many books, and
> tens (or hundreds) of thousands of users, including
> some significant projects at Google, Industrial
> Light+Magic, Four11, NASA.....
>
> Euphoria isn't even in the running.
Irv, seems like you are suggesting that in order for a language to be
"in the running" requires that it have many books published about it and
many thousands of users, and some significant projects by high-quality
named corporations.
I'm guessing Python didn't have all those starting out in 1990, and look
where it is today. Sure, EUPHORIA was released in 1993, but it doesn't
have the "backing" that Python has.
Regardless, EUPHORIA is one of the best work horses out there.
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thing Eu has is a dedicated group of
supporters, as small as it may be. As long as that continues, it can only
grow, and should catch on quite well when
fully developed. I don't know much about Python, but isn't it a kind of
"special purpose" language? I think Eu
would be considered general purpose, and that puts it in the same competition
bracket as BASIC (and all individual forms
thereof) -- that language has been established for longer than most languages
out there now, and I don't see it completely
disappearing any time soon. If Eu had a very particular advantage over
other languages for a specific purpose, it might
catch on a lot faster.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>----- Original Message
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Arial; COLOR: black"><B>From:</B>
C. K. Lester</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, February
12, 2002 3:40 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT:
10pt Arial"><B>To:</B> EUforum</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt
Arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: Eu 'Textbook' Prospects (Was: RE:
GOTO - A fresh perspective?)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV>============ The Euphoria
Mailing List ============<BR><BR>> > Do
you think that Eu is... developed enough to catch the<BR>> > attention of
the programming community as a
whole?<BR>><BR>> No way. Compare it with Python, for example.
Python<BR>> was invented in 1990. Now there are many
books, and<BR>> tens (or hundreds) of thousands of users, including<BR>>
some significant projects at Google,
Industrial<BR>> Light+Magic, Four11, NASA.....<BR>><BR>> Euphoria isn't
even in the running.<BR><BR>Irv, seems like
you are suggesting that in order for a language to be<BR>"in the running"
requires that it have many books published about it
and<BR>many thousand!
s of users, and some significant p
rojects by high-quality<BR>named corporations.<BR><BR>I'm guessing Python didn't
have all those starting out in 1990, and
look<BR>where it is today. Sure, EUPHORIA was released in 1993, but it
doesn't<BR>have the "backing" that Python
has.<BR><BR>Regardless, EUPHORIA is one of the best work horses out
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