I was going to mention CompileIt! and Double-XX!, as well (you forgot the exclamation points). I wasn't overjoyed with the restrictions, but I was at not having to use Think C to make externals, any more.
On Mon, Aug 22, 2016 at 4:30 PM, <m...@jerrydaniels.com> wrote: > 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 > -- 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
