OpenEuphoria

Re: WISHLIST.TXT

• Posted by dubetyrant at hotmail.com Aug 22, 2002
• 429 views

Hey,
I like Euphoria the way it is,and I know you do too,so please don't
get me wrong,but let me tell you why I am kind of resistant to MAJOR
changes to the language.
1.Pointers.Though I understand them,I am the type of person who has
enough trouble with the direct approach,let alone the indirect one,One
of the reasons I stopped using C was because of their complexity.
2.Loops.I have found that the while,if,for loops work for anything
I need,and quickly too.

3.The reason why I like Euphoria is because its small,fast and I can
keep track of it.It helps me focus on my program not programming.
4.As far as portability is concerned,we got windows,linux and now
freebsd.Lets let the rest of the world become compatible with us
and not vice-versa
5.Their are some real smart people programming with it--somebody is
going to make a game or some other popular graphics program with it
(hopefully me) and the language will take off--guaranteed.
6.Low price,I like that,and I don't think Robert should release his
source code(another subject)
7.That darn interpreter is reliable.Adding all kinds of new complexity
could jeopardize the stability of the thing,that wouldn't be good.
8.I'm sorry if I'm not seeing the whole picture,I really am. But
from my standpoint I'd like to see as little change in it as possible,
because change means that you have to adapt to more.If I ever need
more from a language I'll find a new one,its a no brainer for me.
There are many features I'd like to see implemented,I'd like to just
type "Write my Program" and have it done. As in all things in life
there is what we want\need and what actually exists,our challenge is
to line up what we need to what actually exists.
  Once again I apologize if my opinion offends,but I think you can
see that this is just one man's opinion. Maybe I'm wrong--probably am,
but best of luck to you,regardless,
                                    Jason


>From: christian.cuvier at education.gouv.fr
>Reply-To: EUforum at topica.com
>To: EUforum <EUforum at topica.com>
>Subject: WISHLIST.TXT
>Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2002 12:54:12 +0200
>
>
>Hello, dear EUfolks !
>
>Here is a wish list in which I compiled everything I could think as an 
>useful enhancement for Euphoria (exchanged some mails with R. Craig on 
>this).
>
>By the way, wouldn't it be a good idea to have a "Plans for the future" 
>page on the website stating:
>-what is definitely not planned as an evolution for Euphoria;
>-what is definitely planned, possibly with a timetable ("by 12/06/02", "not 
>before 2008", whatever...)
>- what remains in a gray area in vetween.
>
>This could be useful for people who spend time to build preprocessors, for 
>instance...
>
>Hope to submit a regular expression library next week. It is significantly 
>richer than P. Hazel's, and noncompliance with Perl standard is minimal if 
>not nil (didn't check all the specs). Its philosophy is based on C. 
>Schank's BE text editor regexp handling (very good DOS shareware, now 
>unsupported I think; registering was just for tech support and direct 
>upgrades).
>
>Have a nice day !
>
>Chris
>
>
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