On Thu, 27 Jan 2011, Steve Wampler wrote: > On 01/27/2011 02:25 PM, Duke Normandin wrote: > > On Thu, 27 Jan 2011, John Sampson wrote: > >> My concern is not that Unicon is deficient but there seems to be so > >> much unrealised potential in a language well ahead of its time. > > > > Ummmm... Do you have any recommendation(s) for a solution? > > I think the solution is for more people to take an interest in > the implementation, coordinating with Clinton's group. Most > of Clinton's support is via students, and students aren't going > to get Masters' and PhDs' from a lot of the scut work that's > needed. Nor, once the degree is done, are they as likely to > hang around and finish polishing something to a production > level (you don't get a degree for the final polish, either). > > So the number of people in for the long haul is pretty limited > and pretty well maxed out on effort.
Sure puts the Unicon language initiative in a totally different light! I didn't realize that its roots were in, and nurtured by, academia. Kinda, might go the way of ETH Oberon OS and language - which I've been dabbling with as well. Very depressing! -- Duke ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Special Offer-- Download ArcSight Logger for FREE (a $49 USD value)! Finally, a world-class log management solution at an even better price-free! Download using promo code Free_Logger_4_Dev2Dev. Offer expires February 28th, so secure your free ArcSight Logger TODAY! http://p.sf.net/sfu/arcsight-sfd2d _______________________________________________ Unicon-group mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unicon-group
