Well, python was available when I started using Livecode, and I still chose Livecode. I still wouldn't choose Python for a GUI app, but I would use python on servers (for everything from system admin to system monitoring to web templating) over Livecode. On the server I don't see that Livecode offers me as much as python does. Python has libraries that interface with mail servers, with LDAP, and even with SNMP. And then there are a whole slew of web application servers to choose from written in python. But where Livecode shines for me is as a simple, dynamic presentation layer, with access to a variety of forms of local storage. That's not to say I wouldn't code business logic in Livecode, but to say that different tools (and ecospheres) have different strengths, and its not a question of choosing a language without regard to the strengths of the language and the ecosphere.
Bernard On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 8:40 AM, Peter Alcibiades <palcibiades-fi...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > You're not taking account of the Open Source movement. Were I starting again > at this point, the choice would be Python. Genuinely free in every way, and > not just as in beer. _______________________________________________ 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
