OpenEuphoria

Re: Eu 2.4 vs Eu 2.5

• Posted by "Derek Parnell" <ddparnell at bigpond.com> Feb 15, 2004
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Juergen Luethje" <j.lue at gmx.de>
To: <EUforum at topica.com>
Subject: Re: Eu 2.4 vs Eu 2.5


> 
> 
> Rob wrote:
> 
> <snip>
> 
> > I'm free to implement new Euphoria language features,
> > and once they are stable, I can use those
> > new features internally in the translator and
> > interpreter, if I want.
> 
> BTW: I'm very impressed by a Euphoria interpreter/translator
> written in Euphoria itself.
> It somehow reminds me of Baron Munchhausen, pulling himself
> from the ocean by his own bootstraps. 
> 
>    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baron_Munchhausen
> 

I believe that's where the computer term "bootstrapping" came from.

-- 
Derek