Hi Rob, > And about 'who cares': Jallib 0.8 has now been downloaded far over 100 > times, so you would think it serves a purpose. But I received exactly 1 > (private) thank you message. Not that I expect everybody to write extensive > acknowledgements with each release, but 1 is somewhat poorly after all the > time and effort we put in it. There was no response to the announcement on the yahoo list either, nor was there one on the previous release (apart from a request on SRF-04 support). Also there are little issues reported with the libraries (or feedback on beta libraries like sicr). Are the libraries that good, are issues just not reported or isn't JALLIB used as much as we like to believe (and is suggested by the number of downloads)? Same applies to the compiler: on almost every larger project, I run into issues. Over time I reported a few dozen, some of which still are not fixed. I would expect more people would run into issues when JAL is frequently used, especially with new features like records.
I get the impression that the ones doing larger project move away from JAL. There are new users too, many of which seem to be started by Bert's books. It will take time until those user will build larger projects and they might move away from JAL before that... Although the compiler issues mentions are quite frustrating, IMHO JAL still has a lot to offer to a programmer compared to - lets say - arduino. The challenge is too maintain this advantage. I think we need more people to contribute by using jallib and provide feedback. Regards, Joep -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "jallib" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jallib?hl=en.
