Yeah. My latest thoughts on the subject would be having assistive tools in the IDE.
~Roger On Sep 14, 2013 1:58 PM, "Mark Wieder" <mwie...@ahsoftware.net> wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ 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
