OpenEuphoria

RE: The missing ingredient

• Posted by Chris Bensler <bensler at nt.net> Jan 25, 2005
• 405 views

Ray Smith wrote:
> 
> 
> Chris Bensler wrote:
> > Instead of trying to make suggestions for how eu could be improved, we 
> > should first look at why people feel so compelled to make the 
> > suggestions in the first place.
> 
> [big snip]
> 
> > I don't see either scenario as a possibility, until it's too late.
> > Chris Bensler
> > Code is Alchemy
> 
> 
> Hi Chris,
> 
> It is to late ... it has been to late for probably 2-5 years.
> 
> Euphoria will never be more then what it already is.  Many people are 
> happy with that (and good for them).
> (Note: a few people may still make some excellent libs or tools which 
> are useful ... but in the long run it won't make any difference)
> 
> Even if it was open sourced it will never take market share away from 
> the already huge players.  And it will never take market share away from 
> 
> Java or .NET languages.
> 
> Euphoria is a niche product in a niche market and always will be.  There 
> 
> is nothing wrong with that as long as you are "in the niche" :)
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Ray Smith
> http://rays-web.com
> 

I don't think it's too late yet. Perhaps it's too late for Euphoria to 
inject itself into academia in the scale I was describing, but I dont' 
think it's a lost cause. It will just require more effort to dig out of 
the hole it's creating for itself, before it can persue any ambitious 
endeavours like that. Actually, I think it still could.

Same thing for establishing itself as a respectable and productive  
language.
Most people here would like to see that happen. If only for the selfish 
reason of having more resources available to themselves.

I wouldn't say it's too late, it's just not gonna happen.

About 3 or 4 years ago, I predicted that within 5 to 10 years, Euphoria 
will fall victim to it's own simplicity, lack of development and 
inability to penetrate the mainstream programming domain. I still stand 
by that. I give Eu another 3 or 4 years before it's seriously 
detrimented by it's own lack of growth.
EU still has the chance to blossom.

If RDS would smarten up, they could turn that around.
You should probably have said there just isn't any hope. To that I would 
probably agree.


Chris Bensler
Code is Alchemy