OpenEuphoria

Re: Questions

• Posted by Pete Lomax <petelomax at blueyonder.co.uk> Mar 11, 2003
• 634 views

On Mon, 10 Mar 2003 23:07:56 +0000, Gabriella Leveron
<gleveron at hotmail.com> wrote:

>
I do like your post, love these answers:

>Does Euphoria support inheritance? In this case, does it support single=20
>or multiple inheritance?
No, not in the core language. Several OOP libraries are freely
available but not a mandatory part of the language.
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>Does Euphoria support Templates (generic/parameterized classes)?
No. As above.
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>Is Euphoria's typing static, strong, dynamic?
All. You choose.
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>Does Euphoria support polymorphism? If so, is it dynamic?
Yes. (not that I'm sure I grasp the concept of static polymorphism)
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>Does Euphoria support overloading?
No.
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>Does Euphoria support DBC (design by contract)?
Yes, Types.
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>Does Euphoria use compiler or interpreter?
Both
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>Does Euphoria support multithreading?=20
No... Win32lib event driven.. can do several things at once.. suppose
otherwise I have to pass on that one.
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>Is Euphoria object-oriented?
Not in the core language (as above several extensions exist)
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>Is persistence possible with Euphoria?
Of course
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>How does Euphoria handle garbage?
Elegantly and efficiently
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>Closures?
Sorry, dunno (oops)
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>What do you think Euhporia's unique feature is?
Simplicity and shallow learning curve, masking formidable power.
I don't care if you think that is 2 or 3 points; it is not, it is one!
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>Thanks in advance!=20
>I will be happy to receive any comments, as long as their not mean.
Your sister has spots. (I'm sorry, I couldn't resist that one!)

Pete