skaller wrote: > Every language needs a killer app.. :) > Sure helps.
> Try to get the webserver running .. some bugs... > > GAK! Every language needs an IDE. A debugger. > A help system. An animated tutorial. > I don't know, a bunch of languages out there have managed to thrive without an IDE and a minimal debugger. Help is required though. > OMG! Why not just use the web server? A PORTABLE GUI > which can do anything we want. including launch Felix code, > even remotely. > Ever look at XUL and Firefox? It's not far... > Ok, so using the web to do everything including edit code sucks .. > The only reason it does is that JavaScript sucks, and that even nice browsers (like Firefox) are rather heavyweight. A decent browser with a decent language might make this feasible. > but there's no reason it has to. You can still edit with > FavouriteEditor .. nothing stops a dedicated program monitoring > files, running script, or whatever. > Being able to use you FavouriteEditor would help a lot. Etc. If Felix were to "embrace the web model" (rather like Google has, but within the limits provided by browsers), that could be its killer app. *especially* if you also figure out a way to leverage its concurrency features. Jacques ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Felix-language mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/felix-language
