Re: Where are all the 272 members on the mailing list?
Ray Smith wrote:
> What is everyone using Euphoria for?
>
> What would people like to use Euphoria for?
> ie. What Libs/Euphoria enhancements would it take
> to be able to use Euphoria for "most" programming tasks
> rather than "some" programming tasks?
>
> Ray Smith
Hi, Ray
To answer the above two questions first:
I'd use Euphoria to develop commercial software for those industries that I know
something about. I have completed once
such package (in Euphoria/Win32Lib), which is ready to go out the door, as soon
as I can write an installer prog.
What libs/enhancements woulkd I like to see?
1. Interactive environment (similar to that which exists is Foxpro, dBase, etc.
) in which I could type in a Euphoria
statement and have it translated and executed immiediately
2. A debug/trace facility which would have a separate window to display
variables as a program is running (and keep them
all visible at all times)
(again, a nice Foxpro feature)
3. A really good documentation facility for Win32Lib. Having come to Windows
from a mainframe environment with asccess
to DOS-ONLY Foxpro/dBase/Clipper, I found Windows programming to be a deep, dark
mysterious enigma. Still, I managed to
write a fairly professional looking project for the Windows environment using
Win32Lib.e (thanks, David) and educational
tools (Wolfgang Fritz's W32LibTutor), (Travis Beaty's very slick Encyclopedia
Euphoria). These tools are great, but
there's so much to Win32Lib that they can't begin to cover it all. But, that's
really a serious need (for me, at least).
4. A full 'industrial strength' Database system, which EDS (nice as it is) is
not (at least, not yet).
The above would make me truly Euphoric. I would happily pay a reasonable price
for them.
Regards,
Jim
(I had intended to continue with my 'desired features' list, but my kids are
complaining (ever more loudly) that they're
hungry, and when am I going to start fixing dinner?)
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