Re: New Install Program
- Posted by euman at bellsouth.net
Feb 24, 2002
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Cuny" <dcuny at LANSET.COM>
Euman wrote:
>> This coming from someone who's re-inventing WX-Windows... 
>Sorry, I'm missing something here. What am I "re-inventing"? I'm actually
>looking at wxWindows because I *don't* have to create a cross-platform
>toolkit from scratch in Euphoria. I readily admit that spending months of
>time on Llama and company was a complete waste of time, when I could have
>used wxWindows instead.
>In contrast, what benefit is there to writing a Euphoria installer?
Exactly ! "what benefit" thats a question that remains unanswered.
>It doesn't invent anything new, it just recreates something that already
>exists.
>That's what I mean by reinventing the wheel.
Exactly ! "doesn't invent anything new" but to Euphoria it would be NEW.
>> I think it sucks and leans toward the attitude of half-A**ing somthing.
>Inno Setup certainly isn't a half-assed program,
I never said that INNO was a half-assed program, did I?
"attitude of half-A**ing" I think we've already touched that base
with the discussions that computer AI isnt very good.
>so I'm not sure what sort of
>'somthing' you're referring to. Besides, it *does* execute Euphoria code as
>part of the install, it's just hidden from the user.
Why hide it in another language?
This just brings me back to "Euphoria considered a toy" theory
>I just don't see this as an issue.
I do...
-- David Cuny
Euman
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