This will be a fantastic improvement. John Balgenorth
On Aug 13, 2014, at 3:46 PM, Björnke von Gierke <b...@mac.com> wrote: > Richard is wrong. The goal is to be able to use any language, including > anything that is available for the separate OS-es. However, there'll be a > meta-LC like language, that is not quite LC, but similar-ish, which will > allow to write externals too. The Idea is that it's similar enough for more > people to delve in and do Externals then with the current undocumented, not > available on all platforms, never-really-cared-for mess. Delivery date is > "somewhen". > > > On 14 Aug 2014, at 00:25, Richard Gaskin <ambassa...@fourthworld.com> wrote: > >> 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/> >> >> -- >> Richard Gaskin >> Fourth World Systems >> Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mobile, and the Web >> ____________________________________________________________________ >> ambassa...@fourthworld.com http://www.FourthWorld.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > _______________________________________________ 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
