RE: Eu 'Textbook' Prospects (Was: RE: GOTO - A fresh perspective?)
encephalon1 at msn.com wrote:
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> Do you think that Eu is far enough along in the development process,
> though? From browsing through this list for some time
> now, I have gathered that there are still a few features missing that
> make the language a little less 'competitive' than a
> few other more established language; of course, there are numerous
> advantages as well. The language is functional, but is it
> developed enough to catch the attention of the programming community as
> a whole?
Well, I think so. For example, our library at college had a book about
S-Lisp....
S-Lisp was an EXTREMELY simplified, purely functional version of Lisp. I
think it only existed on the floppy disk that came with the book. It had
almost no practical value--only a simple display ability for all I/O,
less than two dozen keywords if I remember correctly. It was basically
just a chance to understand some of the core concepts of Lisp and of
functional programming in a neat, tidy environment. I had a lot of fun
with it; actually, I wouldn't mind getting a copy of the book for
myself, thinking back about it.
Surely, if a book like that can sell, one on Euphoria would probably do
at least as well--especially with the fact that Euphoria is actually
in-use.
Rod Jackson
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