Re: Integrate or Separate?
- Posted by Chris Bensler <bensler at nt.net> Nov 09, 2006
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Ray Smith wrote: > > Chris S wrote: > > Hi All, > > Secondly, I was wondering if there was any consideration of integrating > > win32lib > > or wxEuphoria with the main Euphoria distribution? And perhaps choosing one > > of the usermade editors as the Euphoria standard editor? > > > Hi Chris, > > Just 2 quick points: > > 1. At least initially (and probably long term) I think Euphoria should remain > > minimal with respect to dependencies. This makes the the language itself > easier > to maintain and port to different OS's. > > 2. I believe emphasis should be pushed towards cross platform tools. > For GUI's wxEuphoria would be my vote. > I don't think it needs to be part of the base Euphoria install though. > As time goes on maybe an "extended" version of Euphoria will be created which > > is the last stable release of Euphoria plus a number of useful libraries and > tools. > > Regards, > > Ray Smith > <a href="http://RaymondSmith.com">http://RaymondSmith.com</a> I second that. The last thing I want to see is the official Euphoria pkg being distributed with a pile of intergrated functionality. Everyone has their own preferences of what API's they choose to use. A detailed list of major API's and a comparison of them would be most helpful to everyone, rather than spotlighting one or 2. Chris Bensler ~ The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra ~ http://empire.iwireweb.com - Empire for Euphoria