I think one of the reasons for Felix not growing as fast as you wish, might be that C++ has taken a hit from DotNet. Felix's ability to blend with C++ is it's most important feature imo, so hard times for C++ programmers isn't good for Felix either.
But let's be positive, so "What needs to be done to get more people involved?" Well, I think your own idea of a really basic portable windowing lib to show off makes sense. The last time I was up to date with Felix the only things that I found missing was a varray and and 'new' operator, so the language itself isn't missing much or is it? I don't know how much advertising that's already been done in the C++ community, but If you think Felix is ready for it (easy installation process and updated docs is important if there suddendly would be many users), I'm sure some of the lurkers have good ideas HOW to spread the word. Btw, I'm sorry I haven't had the time to contribute much, I've only found a bug or two, so I'm not the right guy to come here 'preaching' how things should be done. A few days a go I finally got my Ubuntu installation working, so now I finally will be able to try new Felix versions. \Klas > > From: skaller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2007/02/12 må PM 03:19:09 CET > To: felix-language@lists.sourceforge.net > Ämne: [Felix-language] Where now? > > Dear lurkers .. I need some help. > > The idea for Felix started off many years ago as a commerical project > to support a telco application. The key feature it needed then > was the ability to run large numbers of threads efficiently, > and to cooperate with C++ codes. > > Since then it evolved into an advanced programming language, > whilst retaining the above abilities. The latest upgrade provides > type classes similar to Haskell. > > Developing a new programming language, translator, libraries, > and documentation is a big job. The project grew from one > to two a couple of years ago when my friend rfistman joined in > and started developing the asynchronous I/O library: he was > already using Felix in a game application. > > Then Erick came along and put a huge effort into the build > and test system. > > So then were were three developers and some lurkers > and auxiliary support crew (some advisers, a Debian developer). > That was about what I expected for the project: slow but > solid growth. > > But the growth has stopped: a few people drop in from time > to time, look around, and leave. At this stage we need > around 10 developers to keep the project progressing. > > There are lots of reasons why Felix isn't the number one > mainstream programming language today: bugs, design problems, > lack of documentation, lack of testing, lack of marketing, > and lack of finance to name a few .. but I had hoped the user > base would have grown a bit more by now. > > So I need your help! Just answering a simple question .. :) > > What needs to be done to get more people involved? > > -- > John Skaller <skaller at users dot sf dot net> > Felix, successor to C++: http://felix.sf.net > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? > Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier. > Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 > _______________________________________________ > Felix-language mailing list > Felix-language@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/felix-language > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier. Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Felix-language mailing list Felix-language@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/felix-language
