Re: How you discovered Euphoria? [was: Re: Please help me, who to start (B
- Posted by don cole <doncole at pacbell.net> Nov 19, 2005
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Jason Gade wrote: > > ags wrote: > > > > Chris Burch wrote: > > > > > I started with GWBasix, moved to PCC, then Delphi - which I thought was > > > the > > > bees knees, until I discovered C again (gcc on Linux), and finally I came > > > across > > > this 'hobby' language almost by accident - and to be quite honest, once > > > you > > > start to grasp the sequence concept, and its ease of use of syntax, well I > > > haven't > > > look back since. > > > > I think it would be interesting to know how people 'discovered' Euphoria? > > Considering the miniscule marketing for it... > > > > I came across Euphoria in relation to the Morphit (sp) 3D modelling system, > > or someone's Euphoria wrapper (I presume now). > > > > I looked at some of the Euphoria examples and thought 'this looks like a > > simple and powerful language' which appealed to me from my Perl/C > > background. > > > > This emphasises the need for people who code killer apps, to make proud the > > fact that it was written in Euphoria! > > > > Gary > > I don't remember very well, it has been a long time. I know I haven't produced > much code and I've made my criticisms, but I love Euphoria. > > I was new to the internet at the time, and I was looking for a free > programming > language for Windows. I don't think gcc had been ported to Windows yet, or at > least I hadn't heard about Cygwin or DJGPP. I had found Liberty Basic, and I > thought that it looked pretty good but I was looking for something that was > "Free as in beer". I found Euphoria version 1.4 or 1.5 and I fell in love with > it. (snip) I also was using Liberty Basic which I thought was great. But too slow then I found Euphoria which was so much faster and I was sold. I was using a 66Mhz Clock at the time. I don't remember where I found Euphoria from. Don Cole A Bug is an un-documented feature. A Feature is a documented Bug.