Lose? That is subjective. If you believe LC is not as powerful, even though it can easily glue systems together to solve real problems, then yes, we've already lost. I have used LC since it was metacard, and before that, HyperCard. From my perspective, LC has saved me from needing python or C++, etc.
To quote Charlie, "Winning!" Sent from my Pipo M2 On Feb 9, 2013 10:49 PM, "Monte Goulding" <mo...@sweattechnologies.com> wrote: > > On 10/02/2013, at 2:46 PM, Roger Eller <roger.e.el...@sealedair.com> > wrote: > > > My point was only to say that LC has access to shell, applescript, > > vbscript, batch files, custom externals, and library stacks (although > > currently fewer than other languages), BUT we do have that versatility, > > which makes LC powerful. As you said, open-source will only increase our > > toolset. > > Unfortunately if we base any comparisons of LiveCcode to language X on he > stuff we have access to we will lose. > > -- > Monte Goulding > > M E R Goulding - software development services > mergExt - There's an external for that! > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
