OpenEuphoria

Re: Euphoria's Future

• Posted by Derek Parnell <derekp at SOLACE.COM.AU> Jan 18, 2001
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Hi Ray,
I have, at least once but maybe more often, suggested to RDS directly, that
they publish his list of enhancement requests and allow this community to
"vote" on them. Then every 'x' months, the top 'y' enhancements get worked
on by RDS. Of course, RDS would have ultimate veto on the voting, but it
would give RDS a better understanding of what its customers actually wanted,
rather than guessing or not even bothering to find out.

>From memory (and thus it maybe wrong) I believe RDS's reply was something
along the lines of "there is no formal list of enhancement requests - just
copies of some emails we chose to keep". From this response, I got the
feeling that RDS doesn't put a high priority on want we ask for, and that
its all a bit too hard to bother with. Plus, from other dealings people have
had with RDS, they are very protective of their own way of viewing Euphoria,
and thus it in many cases it would require a philosophical (a.k.a.
religious?) paradigm shift for externally suggested enhancements to take
form.

I hope I am very, very wrong about this. And Robert, this is not a personal
thing - you have every right to your beliefs - but we don't have to agree
with them, either.

- An Open Euphoria 'Lite' seems a good idea.
- A responsive RDS seems a good idea.
- Alternate renditions of Euphoria interpreters/compliers seems a good idea.

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cheers,
Derek Parnell