Xojo is not true multithreaded. The threads are cooperative, not preemptive. It uses "workers" which are basically helper apps to sort of do multithreads. They are working on preemptive threads but no idea when that will happen. The IDE is written in Xojo so its use of threads is limited.
My personal opinion... stay away from Xojo. Their CEO does not listen to customers and they spend more time renaming controls and events then actually adding value to the language. They have different names for controls on each platform, i.e. DesktopButton, IOSButton, AndroidButton so you cannot use GUI code between platforms. Documentation leaves a lot to be desired. I used Xojo for many years until they came out with API2 and started renaming everything just for the sake of renaming. Its a mess now. ---------------------------------------- From: "Mike Kerner via use-livecode" <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> Sent: 7/27/24 9:28 AM To: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> Cc: Mike Kerner <mikeker...@roadrunner.com> Subject: Re: Livecode Future sean, * in reverse order: compare to xojo. $799. unlimited deployment (mac/win/linux/web/mobile, console/service apps. instead of bragging about their consulting service, they send you consulting leads). if you want to unlock god mode, with things like "top priority support", "fast fixes", "rapid report verification", it's $1999. * my MRP/ERP server, which runs the back office modules (AR/AP/GL/Payroll, etc.), and includes dev tools and support: $322. that is not a typo. the dev tools are primitive. * at the other end, 4D, the "super-expensive" database/application/RAD/web server, which also includes multi-threaded apps, base price, with two users... $274. each additional user in the tier: $94. unlimited web clients: $335. our total: $891. (god mode is an additional $999). that makes the pricing a little less expensive than xojo, and it also includes the servers. * all three of those products are multithreaded. * i'm more concerned about the corporate app seats than i am about whether 5% or $440 per device for customers is a bigger deal killer for commercial clients - it won't be the first time we had someone rewrite an app for a customer. * $440/device is not happening. even $100/device is not happening. we are not paying $100/employee so they can run our payroll app, for instance, on their phone. _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
