Re: Next version number 3.2 or 4.0?
c.k.lester wrote:
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> yuku wrote:
> > Regarding 3.2 or 4.0, i agree with 4.0. And also: DROP DOS support!
> > (copy-pasted
> > from IRC)
> > It is troublesome to implement all 3 platforms for new coming functions
> > such as implementing unicode functions and file operations.
>
> I agree with using 4.0. I think these are major improvements and deserve
> their own whole number. :D
>
> Also, unless DOS functionality can be maintained in a pluggable library or
> something, I wouldn't abandon it in the interpreter just yet. Isn't DOS still
> being used somewhere in the world? Every version of Windows emulates DOS,
> also, including going back to 3.1 (right?).
>
> Maybe in the next interpreter, we can build in code that sends info about
> the OS to a server each time a Euphoria program is run.
>
> That's a joke, people. :P
I have never seen the DOS specific routines mentioned on this forum for years,
except to suggest getting rid of them. It would make sense for 4.0 to make that
leap into 21st century.
On the other end, leaving DOS support as it is doesn't cost much. What we should
do at least is to declare that any new feature in Eu is not required to work
under DOS, as current support is just lightweight legacy.
Has anyone considered porting Edita to Linux? That would enable us to remove the
archaic ed.ex.
CChris
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