Re: Why does nobody want Pegasus P?

[nathan@cco.caltech.edu (Nathan Mates)]

In article <Cw8p0M.LwJ@tiamet.uucp>, Ken O Burtch <ken@tiamet.uucp> wrote:
>So let me get this straight.  Pegasus Pascal:
>  [Nice feature list]

>And
>     * nobody wants it

   Urm. I program in asm on my GS, and C on unix boxes. Sooner or
later, I might start going to C for some of my projects now that they
don't require the speed of asm. Also, a lot of the younger generation
of us (which tends to be most of those writing stuff) have had a lot
more C experience (and preferences) than Pascal.

   I know Pegasus Pascal offers a lot of things that would stave off
my dislike for it (bitfields, etc.), but when I code C all day at work,
then come home to asm, adding a third language would only make my
stuff worse than it already is. :)

>    * too easy to learn -- you don't want others to think you're using
>      BASIC?

   Hey! No fair! No stealing my ideas! [Insert vague ramblings about
150% vaporware here.... ;) ]

>    * too cheap -- I want to be ripped off by ByteWorks' high prices?

   Urm. Caltech is $23K/year. I'm spending as much on my GS as I can

>    * hate the IIGS -- I don't want to write powerful new applications on
>      a dead computer?  IIGS owners don't deserve quality.

   Big apps take lots and lots of time. Something not all of us have.
Far easier to code a demo once a year and not have to worry about
people griping about real bugs and having to fix them. :)

>    * other -- eg. I hate Canadians whose first name starts with 'K' &
>      whose Master's focus was on language design?

   Dead right.  After we pick up a few provinces as states, maybe we'll
treat you better... :)

>Want part of this equation did I miss?  I need some answers, because I
>don't want to waste my time programming miracles for the IIGS if nobody
>wants them.

   Mostly the fact that asm and C are the preferred languages
nowadays.  Your games are great; far more people can click madly with
a mouse than sit down and code something. I've written mostly small
CDAs and Twilight II modules so far; some people just never know what
they're missing. That may change soon...

Nathan Mates

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