It looks to me like a the easier stepping stone to fill the gap is just write the code in C/C++, compile it and call it using a shell coimmand.
I have been doing it in C and it works really good. I am amazed at how easy it is. If you can get the C code I posted to print out the argument you will have the knowledge to use tons of c code examples with only a few changes and many as they are. JB > On May 17, 2017, at 12:59 PM, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > On 2017-05-17 21:34, Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode wrote: >> Why do I feel that the reason for all this "wierdness" is because LCB >> has been written from C++ programmers from the ground up, >> while LiveCode still (well, just about) hangs onto to its HyperCard heritage. >> LiveCode, at its best, preserves the clarity that was the best thing >> about HyperCard (certainly mind-blowingly refreshing >> after my baptism with FORTRAN and PASCAL); LCB, not doing that, is as >> opaque as its heritage. >> It has been suggested before that the LiveCode team have, maybe >> unwittingly, started moving away from the >> HyperCard-like simplicity that was what made LiveCode so obviously the >> best successor to HyperCard; with LCB they >> don't even have to pay lip service to that . . . > > I think this perhaps displays a misunderstanding what LCB is for - it isn't a > replacement for LiveCode Script; it is intended to be a stepping stone > between C++ and LiveCode Script which means it can be used to extend the > engine in way which LiveCode Script cannot. i.e. Allowing functionality to be > added to LiveCode *without* having to deal with C++ and, instead, deal with > something slightly more familiar (also there is a lot of boiler-plate > required in writing engine functionality in C++, which LCB eliminates by > raising the abstraction level of values). > > Warmest Regards, > > Mark. > > -- > Mark Waddingham ~ m...@livecode.com ~ http://www.livecode.com/ > LiveCode: Everyone can create apps > > _______________________________________________ > 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
