With builder the LC platform is becoming almost like a meta OS. Before it was great at the high an mid level. Now we get lower level and extensibility.
I felt the same way when CompileIt came along for HyperCard. Like then, I have no interest in foregoing LC scripting. On Aug 22, 2016, 3:21 PM -0500, Richard Gaskin <ambassa...@fourthworld.com>, wrote: > Richmond wrote: > > > language: something that Livecode has inherited. Please do not chuck > > that out. > > Nothing to worry about, Richmond. LiveCode Script and LiveCode Builder > are different languages for different purposes. > > As an extensibility subsystem, LC Builder benefits from being more > restrictive, hopefully one day compilable to machine language. Its role > is as a replacement for things that might otherwise require C, not for > things that would be done in LiveCode Script. > > As the main glue for brining components together and building apps, > LiveCode Script will retain its essential flavor. > > -- > 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
