On Wed, 2007-02-14 at 01:56 +0100, Klas I wrote: > 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.
Hmmm.. actually the idea is: Felix provides a portable platform based on *source* code (not bytecode). So it should appeal to Unix and C/C++ people as an alternative approach to .NET or Java. In particular it should appeal to Open Source developers for that reason. > 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? varray and new exist now. Neither is finished .. but then what does finished mean? :) > I don't know how much advertising that's already been done in the C++ > community, None really. I'm not a member of that community anymore. I have no idea how to do it. I'm not a marketer, diplomat, salesman, or any of those things needed for promotion. > 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. The problem is: it will never be 'ready'. Chicken and egg: to get it into a better state, we need more people. > Btw, I'm sorry I haven't had the time to contribute much, Hmm .. wasn't it you that wrote the Wikipedia article? > 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. Cool! The thing is: this isn't about the technology as such. That matters of course, but it's a community project so if it doesn't do what you want, you can change it. There's no DB interface .. want one? Do it! We were hovering on 3 developers and 0 users, but it's down to 1 again. It's below critical mass. Sigh .. just rebuilt the docs with the new working folding tables of contents.. and sourceforge won't let me connect using ssh to upload .. -- 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
