JB wrote:
> Changing the subject a little bit you mentioned
> LiveCode is going to improve things so you can
> actually do more external type code from within
> LiveCode. Are they going to be using Apples new
> programming language Swift at all?
I don't think so. Swift is a very interesting language (made by the
same super-genius who made the ground-breaking LLVM), but as far as I
can tell Apple intends to make it available only for use on their own
platforms. So for an omni-platform tool like LiveCode, Swift is a
non-starter.
Instead, the new language for widgets in LiveCode will be...LiveCode! :)
New extensions to the LiveCode language are in development to allow us
to not only make custom controls that behave more like built-in
controls, but also directly talk to the OS APIs - see this video from
Kevin with a sneak preview of what they're working on:
<http://livecode.com/blog/2014/07/08/the-next-generation-widgets-themes/>
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Richard Gaskin
Fourth World Systems
Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mobile, and the Web
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