OpenEuphoria

Re: the fate of a euphorian

• Posted by Robert Craig <rds at ATTCANADA.NET> Oct 11, 2000
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Jiri Babor writes:

> The real issues have not been tackled. There are not that
> many of them currently on my list, just two:
> (1) more sophisticated namespace handling, and

I intend to improve the namespace situation.
Most people on this list probably don't even
know what a "namespace" is. Others are building up
the namespace improvement like it's
going to solve all the world's problems. In fact, it will
prove to be a minor convenience for those who are
integrating large libraries written by others.

> (2) better, smarter tools and/or structures for interfacing
> with the outside world.

As a DOS-only Euphoria programmer, what "outside world"
are you talking about here?

> What do you say, Robert? Even your most faithful
> followers are getting increasingly restless.

As software matures it gets harder to come up with
a stunning new feature each month. More time ends up
going into maintenance, porting, tech support, etc.
The features that are added tend to be more specific ones that
appeal only to a small percentage of users. No software
can take on a linear upward trajectory forever. Consider:
Win3.1 --> Win95 --> Win98 --> Me
Each release was a smaller step from the previous release,
with less fundamental improvement.

I am currently busy on the translator. It's just about
working with LccWin, and I intend to give Borland 5.5
a try before I move on. With the translator I am
competing against my toughest competition so far - myself  
I made the interpreter so darn fast that it's hard to beat it
by a large amount.

If people are getting bored, then I suggest that they
extricate themselves from their arm-chair language designer
chairs, and write some useful code. Don't sit around waiting
for the final features that will make Euphoria perfect.

To this end I am hereby raising the monthly contribution
limit for the MicroEconomy from $1.00 to $3.00.
I am hoping that people will contribute more (and better)
stuff to keep Jiri from getting bored.

Regards,
   Rob Craig
   Rapid Deployment Software
   http://www.RapidEuphoria.com