I've been using many of the parallel features in .NET recently. I've been pretty impressed with how easy it is to get the hang of.
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd460713%28v=vs.110%29.aspx Node.js at its core uses an event loop to provide async (not quite real parallel processing, however). Doing complex things with it was quite a callback-nightmare until recently as things have started to mature some as a result. http://strongloop.com/strongblog/node-js-event-loop/ Not saying, to switch to those things but I could see the nodejs event loop providing some inspiration to augment the concurrency features already present in livecode. On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 12:32 PM, Mike Kerner <mikeker...@roadrunner.com> wrote: > Well, for anyone who's ever made an application > multitasking/multithreading, they'll tell you that there is all sorts of > extra complication involved in making it work, and if you've ever written > anything for a multithreading environment, it is definitely a lot of extra > work (it's worth it, IMHO, but it is not easy and straightforward). > > You actually can make LC multithreaded-ish, and there have been discussions > about doing that, especially in server setups. > > If you were prioritizing features for LC, would this be one of your top 5? > It might make my top 10, but I don't know if it would be in my top 5. > > On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 1:06 PM, Richmond <richmondmathew...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > That's a quote from another posting . . . > > > > this might be the rock on which Livecode founders. > > > > Other languages can do two, or more, things at once . . . I am either too > > out of touch > > with other computer languages, or I don't know enough about how computer > > languages > > talk to computers (which, de facto, is pretty much the same thing), but I > > wonder WHY > > Livecode cannot do two things at once . . . > > > > AND, could it be revamped so that it could do two things at once? > > > > Java can manage multi-threaded programming . . . > > > > I assume [????] that more and more computer languages are in the process > > of becoming > > capable of multi-threading . . . > > > > A while back, just for fun, I ran up a silly little game where the > > end-user had to steer a rocket past some static > > planets to get to Earth. The reason the planets were static is just > > because I could think of no way of them precessing > > in their orbits while the end-user was pressing arrow keys. > > > > Before I look a complete, steaming nit, I am sure there is a "work > > around"; but, to be quite honest, I wonder how many "work arounds" > > are necessary before the bell rings. > > > > In the great scheme of things my silly little game is neither here nor > > there: what it did do for me was NOT demonstrate > > the super capabilities of Livecode [ after 14 years of messing around > with > > Livecode I am pretty well aware of those ], > > BUT demonstrate some of its limitations . . . > > > > Now, I know that the initial idea of Livecode was this: > > > > Kevin designing a front-end for a UNIX clone of Hypercard that he felt > was > > more user-friendly than the Metacard one. > > > > However, like the Rary, it grew out of control . . . > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Side line; extreme tangentialism coming up: skip down to next load of > > dotted lines if you have a problem drifting > > off-off-off-topic with Richmond. > > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > > > > There was a Scotsman down to University in England, who was walking down > > the road and saw a matchbox lying in the road. > > > > Picking up the matchbox and opening it he found, inside, a small note > > written on a piece of paper and a small, black, spherical > > object that pulsated. > > > > The paper said; "This matchbox contains a Rary; feed it and care for it > > and it will bring you good fortune." > > > > The Scotsman took the matchbox back to his student room and started to > > feed the Rary; after his 3 years (short degree courses in England) > > the Rary was about the size of a tennis ball; black and hairy with no > > obvious eyes, mouth or other orifices. > > > > The man went away back to his butt-and-ben in the hills to look after his > > ageing parents, and continued to feed the Rary; by the time his > > parents were gathered the thing was about the size of a large medicine > > ball. > > > > Over the years our man continued to care for the Rary until it became the > > size of a small tractor and the man was beggared with > > the feeding bills. > > > > He decide to get rid of the Rary; so he got the thing into a boat and > > rowed it all the way south down the West Coast and past France and Spain; > > left into the Mediterranean, through the Suez canal, all the way across > > the Indian ocean until he came to Japan. > > > > Arriving at Japan he rolled the Rary, at great personal expense to > himself > > and his health, up to the top of a very high cliff. > > > > He was just about to push the Rary over the cliff when it turned to him > > and said: > > > > "It's a long way to tip a Rary." > > > > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > > Should this story really annoy you; I take no credit whatsoever for it; > my > > father, Donald Mathewson, told it to me when I was about 7, > > and, at the risk of sounding incredibly juvenile, I haven't stopped > > laughing since. > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > NOW, Livecode is no longer a UNIX clone of Hypercard with Kevin's GUI > > strapped on the front. > > > > Nor is it anything like what it was 10 years ago. > > > > So, it has to keep growing AND evolving to compete [ THAT is the magic > > word ] . . . > > > > --------------------- > > After all; if it ONLY grows, then it is going to get pushed > > off the cliff soon enough. > > --------------------- > > > > Possibly the next reasonable step is multi-threading ????????? > > > > Let the debate RAGE :) > > > > Richmond. > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > > > > > -- > On the first day, God created the heavens and the Earth > On the second day, God created the oceans. > On the third day, God put the animals on hold for a few hours, > and did a little diving. > And God said, "This is good." > _______________________________________________ > 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 > -- Regards, Andrew Kluthe and...@ctech.me _______________________________________________ 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
