OpenEuphoria

Re: Py

• Posted by "Cuny, David at DSS" <David.Cuny at DSS.CA.GOV> Oct 20, 2000
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Bernie wrote:

> Why are you so concerned about creating py to
> have the same features as euphoria.

Have you tried it? Although I've said it's a clone of Euphoria, I think
you'll find it's got a radically different feel to it. It's interesting what
a difference a few design decisions can make.

Py shares a lot of features with Euphoria because:

 - Euphoria has a lot of great ideas
 - I like coding in Euphoria
 - Py is written in Euphoria
 - I want other Euphoria coders to try it


> Maybe the competion would force new features
> to be added to euphoria and eliminate the wishlist.

You're never going to eliminate the wishlist; that's the nature of wishing.
But I think that Py gives me a chance to see just how useful a feature is,
and what sort of impact it has on a language.

I don't think really think that Py offers 'competition' to Euphoria. If it
did, I'd probably have to start up a 'Py' list, instead of talking about it
here on the Euphoria forum. I can't imagine it becoming that wildly
successful (but I'm open to pleasant suprises).

That said, I don't think 'competition' gives Robert enough incentive to
change Euphoria. On the other hand, people willing *pay* to for new features
is probably a more compelling argument.

-- David Cuny