What's Holding Euphoria Back
Intrigued by references to an existing E language I fired up my Search
Engines and found that there were a lot of programming languagues out
there which I had never heard of.
I was more surprised by the number of 'established' languages I'd
forgotten about which are not commonly used; Modula, Coral, Ada etc.
All these are very credible languages with an established heritage but
they are just not commonly used; C / C++, lately Java, and Visual Basic
( from UK job ads it would appear ) are still the main languages in
commercial use.
So if those languages 'don't make the grade' what chance for Euphoria ?
Looking at it dispassionately; there is nothing holding Euphoria back.
What's stopping Euphoria being used along side C / C++ / Java / VB ?
The same things which have prevented Pascal, Delphi and many other good
languages from getting there as well.
Exactly what that is is difficult to say; undoubtedly big money from MS
and Sun have helped the languages they have backed, C itself is perhaps
a little more difficult to explain, it would seem to be legacy and
familiarity alone which has kept it rolling on - it's certainly not the
best language out there ( although it does get the job done ).
Unless there's some compelling reason to make the world's programmers
suddenly want to use Euphoria; it is likely to remain as just another
obscure language outside the mainstream.
PS : If we can't rename Euphoria as E++, can we call it !E ( Not E ) ?
<big grin>
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