RE: Future of Euphoria
Thank you for your help.
Best regards,
Chris
On Sun, 26 May 2002 12:47:48 +0000, Ray Smith wrote:
>
>Hi Dan,
>
>Over the years I think I have sent 3 or 4 emails with pretty=
much
>the same topic ("Euphoria's Future") or something very=
similiar!!!
>
>Point 1:
>If your seriously interested in earning a living programming=
learn
>as many languages as you can. =A0Learn some of the popular ones=
very
>well (like Java, Visual Basic, C++ or Delphi). If you have time=
left
>over play with Euphoria as much as you like :)
>The point is don't count on Euphoria being a popular=
professional
>language.
>
>Point 2:
>My view is ... if you want to make Euphoria more popular create
>something that will impress other people. =A0This can include ...
>* Software of any kind, (games, business apps, utilities,=
libraries,
>web apps).
>* A Web page(s) - there are lots of things you can write about=
like:
>=A01. =A0An in depth review of contributed software in the archive,
>screen
>shots, instructions, comparisons with similiar software.
>=A02. =A0Getting started guide.
>=A03. =A0A tutorial on any area of programming ... a good one would=
be
>how
>to use DLL's and shared libraries!
>=A04. =A0How to write games
>
>... just being a little bit silly ...
>if Doom or Quake had of been written using Euphoria how popular
>would
>it be now???
>
>Ray Smith
>http://rays-web.com
>
>
>dm31 at uow.edu.au wrote:
>>=A0Srry if you get this twice. I sent in half a day ago and=
still
>>haven't
>>=A0got it back.
>>
>>
>>
>>=A0The Future for Euphoria
>>
>>
>>
>>=A0I first started Euphoria 3 years ago and had come from a
>>background of
>>=A0Basic, ASM and Pascal. Althought I could see the advantages=
of
>>this
>>=A0langauge, I wasn't sure on how much could actually be=
achieved
>>with
>>=A0it. With time my respect for Eu grew greatly with librarys=
like
>>
>>=A0truecolr.e, asm.e, and through some of the games (like=
lemon).
>>Last
>>=A0year I was used Eu for my major project in Software Design &
>>
>>=A0Development (A new "Higher School Certificate" course) where=
it
>>was
>>=A0worth 40% of my mark for the year. I really needed time=
profile to
>>
>>=A0optimise my program (it was 20+ printed pages) and since I=
could
>>not
>>=A0afford the Complete Ed, I asked if the school could purchase=
it.
>>
>>=A0Before they would agree I had to convince the teacher that I=
would
>>
>>=A0benefit by using this as a opposed to Delphi 4 like most of=
the
>>other
>>=A0students. After downloading heaps from the contrib page I=
finally
>>
>>=A0convinced him (Rob will know the guy as Brett Hughes).
>>
>>
>>
>>=A0My Grandfather works at Kaz Computing in Australia as a
>>programmer. He
>>=A0got interested in Eu after seeing me use it, so I made a CD=
with
>>
>>=A0Euphoria with some of the more popular librarys and games.
>>
>>
>>
>>=A0I can't speak for all the you, but being young I would like=
to
>>think
>>=A0that I can make a living with Euphoria just like a programmer
>>using
>>=A0C++ can. Rob has done a fantastic job with Euphoria with it=
truly
>>
>>=A0world-wide, but I sure most people would agree, that for=
Euphoria
>>to
>>=A0go to the popularity of the more know languages is that=
Euphoria
>>needs
>>=A0to more widely know in the programming community, and hence=
have
>>more
>>=A0programmers.
>>
>>
>>
>>=A0First, I believe that there should be a second standard zip=
that
>>can
>>=A0be downloaded with the Euphoria Pub. Ed. with some of the=
most
>>used
>>=A0librarys and programs, such as WinLib all setup for you. That=
we,
>>
>>=A0people who join Euphoria can easily download libraries the=
will
>>most
>>=A0probilibly be of use, and hence more likely to continue using
>>
>>=A0Euphoria.
>>
>>
>>
>>=A0I have found two companies that may be of use in making=
Euphoria
>>
>>=A0'Bigger'
>>
>>
>>
>>=A0The first is a company called 'SoftWrap' It provides a way of
>>
>>=A0distributing your program to a large market of users through=
such
>>
>>=A0things as magizines. You wrap your software in the Softwrap
>>installer,
>>=A0then Softwrap distributes it. The installer gives you two=
options,
>>
>>=A0enabling you two distribute a trial version, if the user=
wishes to
>>
>>=A0purchase the full version, they then pay by credit card and
>>recieve a
>>=A0code to activite the full version installion. This could be=
used
>>to
>>=A0distribute Euphoria, or programs that we write with it. (They=
take
>>
>>=A0less then 10% of the profits, more profits, less % taking)
>>
>>
>>
>>=A0The second company is Asynchrony. It's a company that is acts=
as a
>>
>>=A0very large meeting point for all people in software=
development.
>>You
>>=A0make, or join a project, finish the software and Asynchrony=
will
>>do
>>=A0all the marketing and sell and give you a large cut of the
>>profits. I
>>=A0joined back in it's beta days and quite like it's layout and
>>format.
>>=A0The only thing is that the programmers that are their are all=
C++,
>>VB
>>=A0or Delphi. Maybe we could make Euphoria a presence their and=
start
>>
>>=A0some Euphoria projects.
>>
>>
>>
>>=A0Ah, well. Just so ideas to think about. Let me hear you=
comments
>>
>>
>>
>>=A0Regards,
>>
>>=A0Dan McG
>>
>>
>>
>>=A0ps
>>
>>
>>
>>=A0to see what I'm talking about visit
>>
>>
>>
>>=A0www.softwrap.com ?? i think
>>
>>
>>
>>=A0www.asynchrony.com
>>
>>
>>
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