"But rightly LC saw where the future was headed with mobile computing
and they obviously had to make sacrifices along the way (e.g. FreeBSD, etc)"
That sounds super if it were true, but I don't think it is as RunRev (as
they then were) dropped support for SPARC, UNIX and so
forth a long time before they began work on mobile platforms.
Richmond.
On 16.10.20 10:55, Bernard Devlin via use-livecode wrote:
Hi Heriberto
Back in the day (20 years ago) the engine/IDE ran on FreeBSD and various
proprietary unixes.
The Linux server version has been seen to work on FreeBSD back in 2011
(after installing Linux compatibility layer).
http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/Yay-Victory-RevServer-runs-on-FreeBSD-with-Linux-Compat-installed-td3445454.html
You _might_ be able to get that to work now. I doubt it would be supported
by Livecode. What amazes me nowadays is just how much more complex things
are than they were 20 years ago - looking at the compatibility matrix for
Livecode dependencies on OS version, XCode version, device version -- all
just to produce apps that run on iOS:
https://livecode.com/docs/9-5-0/faq/faq/
If someone had said 20 years ago that a small company in Scotland could
manage that kind of complexity people would have laughed in disbelief. But
rightly LC saw where the future was headed with mobile computing and they
obviously had to make sacrifices along the way (e.g. FreeBSD, etc) to be in
a situation to take on this level of complexity.
HTH Bernard
On Thu, Oct 15, 2020 at 5:08 PM Heriberto Torrado via use-livecode <
use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
Dear all,
I have a question. It's not a very important question and I don’t want
to bother you y 'all, so if you think is off-topic, feel free to not to
respond, I'm just curious.
I've been working with Livecode for almost five years, and I never saw a
LiveCode server "UNIX" version.
The LiveCode Wikipedia’s article says this: LiveCode runs on iOS, Android,
OS X, Windows 95 through Windows 10, Raspberry Pi and "several variations
of Unix (I think is just means Linux)".
I'm thinking about tinkering with a FreeBSD server and LiveCode server,
but I didn't see a "UNIX" version, so I suppose that I have to compile it.
Have any of you installed LiveCode server on FreeBSD (or Solaris)?
I'm just thinking, but maybe there's a small niche working with LiveCode
server on BSD or Solaris (still many companies use them and not many people
develop software for this platforms nowadays).
We have a few companies in Spain (my country) still using Solaris or BSD
servers (mainly in the Graphic arts business).
PS, I currently work with LiveCode Server on Centos, but it could be
interesting to test it in FreeBSD.
Best regards/ Saludos cordiales/ Cordialement
Heriberto Torrado
Chief Technology Officer (CTO)
Director de informática
Directeur informatique
https://networkdreams.net
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