RE: Click And Pay! (aka Note To Rob)
David (and all, especially Robert):
----- Original Message -----
From: David Cuny <dcuny at LANSET.COM>
To: <EUforum at topica.com>
Sent: Monday, February 05, 2001 1:58 AM
Subject: Re: Click And Pay! (aka Note To Rob)
> gebrandariz (Gerardo) wrote:
>
> > OK, can't find it either. But I found this instead
> > -ain't it a jewel straight out of prehistory?
>
> You mean this bit? 
>
> "Since Euphoria does not emit machine instructions, it is highly
> portable to other systems, and will soon be available on OS/2,
> Windows, Macintosh and various UNIX systems."
>
> -- David Cuny
Actually, yes and no. Not specifically, I mean -finding the announcement
seemed to me remarkable as a whole, I never meant to pinpoint any specific
portion. I don't think an announcement of intention made eight years ago
should be taken too literally. Not only has RDS every right to change their
product as they see fit, and/or demand and circumstance indicate, but the
universe in which Euphoria lives has also changed too much for any "promise"
to be valid after almost a decade.
If such were the case, no software company would ever announce anything.
Announcements and promises, however fulfilled, are an important part of the
dynamics of the industry. Isn't everybody going to discuss Windows XP now?
But yes, now that you point it out. Maybe some day one of us will write down
the history of Euphoria as a parable of low budget, home-brewed, high power
software. And there you'll have it: the statement that broke the news to the
world.
Gerardo E. Brandariz
P.S. One of the most interesting books I've ever read is 'The Soul Of A New
Machine,' a very penetrating and detailed analysis of the design and
building of one of the first DEC 'mini-computers.' I hope someone qualified
does the same for a piece of software, say a programming language, say ...
guess which one?
Gerardo
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