Re: Why some people have not upgraded
Robert Craig wrote:
> I haven't looked into shrouding of includes for 2.5 (and later),
> except to note that while it's not "rocket science", it would
> be complicated. If you have any ideas, I'd be interested, but
> since I'm selling the Binder, I can't reveal the RDS .il format,
> and therefore can't work openly with anyone else on this.
> The 2.4 Binder has several bugs. Shrouding of includes in 2.4 was
> possible, but few tried it, and those that did usually realized
> it didn't work the way they really wanted. For instance,
> it was *not* a transparent replacement for a clear-source include file.
OK, if people want this ability then I have nothing against it, but still fail
to see the need for this in most cases.
Why would people want to "hide" parts of their code, while offering the rest? If
they did, they could just make DLLs and SOs that have further benefits of faster
execution, and in some cases, work in other languages.
If it's mainly to improve loading, they could use DLLs and SOs that have zero
parsing too; they would also get faster execution as a free bonus.
Could it be that they prefer a shrouded include method because they don't wish
to buy the translator? But they would need to by the Binder right?
The translator costs ten dollars more than the binder, but they could try the
free version. Ten dollars extra is a small price to pay for the extra speed
improvements, tracing ability, and the ability to make Euphoria DLLs or SOs.
Regards,
Vincent
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