On Aug 11, 2015, at 12:20 PM, Richmond <richmondmathew...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm not that interested, as, at the moment, at least, LiveCode does almost > all that I require (let's leave communicating > back-and-forth between USB devices out of this discussion). > > What I am interested in is how to communicate adequately to people who have > grown up with 3G languages the > very great advantages (particularly from a pedagogical point of view) of > LiveCode. > > While the C++ book I bought makes interesting reading, in parts, I cannot see > myself bothering to learn to code > anything beyond the most pedestrian stuff in it: even if for the simple > reason that all that bother about > "/edit, preprocess, compile, link, load/ and /execute/" gives me the willies. > > In fact, thinking about "/edit, preprocess, compile, link, load/ and > /execute/" I really wonder what RunRev think they are doing, > as the lack of all the fiddly stuff is half of what makes LiveCode so much > better. RunRev's propaganda machine hasn't got off the ground! > > Richmond. LiveCode will be allowing the use of pointers and that is what your old school C++ parents who talk about object-oreinted programming are referring to. They point to a place in memory. These old schoolers will probably love the fact Livecode will be able to use these things without compiling. John Balgenorth _______________________________________________ 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
