OpenEuphoria

Re: binding

• Posted by Mike The Spike <mtsreborn at yahoo.com> Feb 03, 2001
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--- C H <computer_kid101 at coolemail.com> wrote:
> What good is Euphoria 2.2 if you can't bind files,
> you have to buy it.

Before I got the full version I was bitching about
that too.
What good is a compiler if it can't produce programs?
But the whole idea behind Euphoria is that you try it
out first and buy it later once you learned how to
code in it and are ready for some serious coding.

I now found out the reason why there ain't many young
coders interested in Euphoria.
Even if they had the cash, a young coder ain't gonna
use it topay for something he found on a web page.
He'd rather go download DJGPP or something.

A young newbie coder usually (read: always) has the
following reason to start coding; He or she wants to
write his own computer game like the ones he played.
They'll be scared away by Euphoria because it doesn't
produce standalone executables, and doesn't provide
high quality graphics.
So they switch to DJGPP because it's free, and it has
Allegro for it. Or they use something like LCCWin or
the free Borland compiler, so they can use Direct X.

If I was developing Euphoria I'd be aiming for this
group. Euphoria is easy allready, if only it allowed
easy game creation...
80% of all software sold are computer games.
So it's not 'for babies' or something like that, to
advocate it.

> why include bind in 2.0 and not in 2.2 That's the
> main thing I need is 
> to be able to bind a file.

Most likely because Robert wanted to get some more
cash.
People didn't give a rat's ass about the 300-statement
limit, they could download Euphoria, code a program,
bind it, and ship it, and that was enough for them.
So they didn't buy the complete edition.

But I must admit that the complete edition rocks ass.
No limits, no nags, nothing.
You get prompted by bindw.bat to supply a windows icon
file, wich is pretty cool.

2.0 could bind Windows programs, but without an icon.
This means you'll never sell a Windows program bound
with 2.0, as without an icon it just looks like shit.


Mike The spike