Roger- Saturday, September 14, 2013, 7:31:48 AM, you wrote:
> I said this is a naive view, but my vision of LiveCode is that it can be > more efficient by being smarter at the core. Many developers prefer > absolute control, i.e. regular expressions, arrays, etc. but others want a > human syntax to complex operations, and let the engine convert it, if > necessary, to an optimal form for processing. I am one of the others, btw. > :) Much as I like the idea of having the computer do all my thinking for me <g> (shouldn't the engine be capable of determining the best sort algorithm for a given set of data?) I think the overhead of having to make those decisions would probably more than offset any performance gains once the best algorithm was determined. -- -Mark Wieder mwie...@ahsoftware.net _______________________________________________ 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
