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- From: jralph@cix.compulink.co.uk ("Jolyon Ralph")
- Subject: E - Just say NO! (was Re: Visual E - New E Developer Tool)
- Message-ID: <DovrpF.C5A@cix.compulink.co.uk>
- Organization: Compulink Information eXchange
- References: <31579F27.D3@blacksun.u-net.com>
- Date: Tue, 26 Mar 1996 15:15:15 GMT
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-
- > I heard some really powerful software has been developed in E?
-
- Yes, like Photogenics (the 20,000 line project I mentioned). But it will
- be so much better whew we compile it with a real compiler that can do
- global optimisation, create linkable modules, handle standard include
- files, not generate a NOP instruction for each blank line in your source
- code when debug is enabled (!!!!!!!), show more than one error on each
- compile (fix error, compile, fix error, compile, fix error, compile....
- Even though E is a fast compiler, in general use it's so SLOW to work
- with....). Little things like telling me *where* the unused variable 'r'
- actually is (not fun searching for 'r' in 20,000 lines of code...
-
- And as for the language itself... Bleurg.....
-
- > Suggest you dont use it then and donate your copy to someone else. I
- > will continue to use E even though I program in C and C++ at work (for
- > that very reason).
-
- Good idea! As soon as we've converted all the old E code over, I'll
- happily give away my registered E compiler to the first person who can
- prove to me they're not going to do anything stupid, like try and write
- commercial software using it :-)
-
- Jolyon - Almathera
-