I am following this discussion about extensions with great interest. Still, partially it goes over my head and as a simple LCS scripter, I sometimes feel a bit lost.
As I read from different beginners sources, the best is always to know C and C++ as the "mothers" of languages to then being able to appreciate and understand higher level languages much better. But unfortunately, I do not have the time to spend the next 12 months in going deeply into C/C++. The examples and lessons for LCB provided so far from different sources are possible to follow, but we "normal" LCS users not knowing other languages lack the deeper understanding to be able to use such LCB tool without a lot of explanation and a lot of examples. And such explanation and examples should be based on the notion that all a typical user knows is a medium level knowledge of LCS and nothing much more. Sometimes it is good to just assume a user who is a complete newbie. Coming also from the field of advertising, I was always told to text in such a way that my grandmother will understand it, or a 12-year-old schoolmate. If they understand then everyone will understand. I hope that there is somebody who is willing to spend the time unfolding the potential of LCB to the "rest of us" since who would not like to work with more sophisticated widgets or execute them in a fraction of time and at least be able to twist things the way we want? Or what do I have to learn to actually using LCB based on a fractional and medium level of understanding -- enough for LCS, but not enough for more. For a newbie, it is already difficult understanding what a "canvas" is since that term is not used in LCS. And there is more to learn. And I would appreciate --- I am not knowledgeable myself enough to do this, otherwise I would -- if there would be an easy to read article on how all this fits together, how LCS and LCB work, what a parser actually is, what it means to compile, what is done using C++ behind the curtain, and how the computer / the processor would understand our instructions given in near-English LCS language. And then -- especially following examples and working with them -- some knowledge will dawn. All this could be done in the context of LCS, LCB, and even C++ as the source of all. Maybe, really, I should start learning C++ now.) Roland _______________________________________________ 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
