Richmond: I also find it hard to appreciate the seriousness of the problem. Seems like much ado about very little. Best, Bill
> On Feb 29, 2016, at 11:45 AM, RM <richmondmathew...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Whichever way one cuts things, the most widely used programming languages > such as PASCAL and C++ > are as FREE as the air. As long as a language remains Unfree it is unlikely > to be adopted widely. > While Runtime Revolution / Livecode have, until comparatively recently, only > had a closed source version of their programming environment, they have > almost always had a "cheap way in" in the form of a lines-of-code-limited > version, or a stacks-only-version; and had they not they wouldn't have got as > far as they did before they released their open source version. > > At the moment I cannot entirely understand what the 'problem' is. There is a > FREE version of Livecode > which to all intents and purposes is a very large subset of an Unfree > version. The FREE version is so > powerful that any "hobbyist" (a very, very fuzzy category if ever there was: > a 'hobbyist' is a bit like the boy who buys a small box of Lego bits . . .) > should be fully satisfied. > > 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 _______________________________________________ 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
