<<What would an OC plugin gain for the developer to make up for the loss of
the ability to correct code "on the fly"? Or once again, does your concept
relate solely to the interpreter or is it in some other way outside the
world of the casual OC scripter?>>
What I'm really fishing for is something to replace my old crusty CompileIt!.
The gain comes in a couple of flavors depending on who you are. If you are a
C programmer, it means that you can do your work which normally would require
working in C in xTalk. If you are a casual xTalk scripter, it makes "real"
programming more accessible to you, because you can now accomplish the same
things as C programmers without learning a new language. It's no longer
scripting, it's just another realm that could benefit from xTalk.
I'll be tempted to work on it since we have an interpreter for the taking,
but I can't make any promises, and I don't claim it to be of direct benefit
to OpenCard development, other than being another tool based partly on
OpenCard...
Really, I would just love for xTalk to get some recognition in the
Codewarrior world. Very few C programmers consider xTalk a serious language
if they know of it at all, which is sad. They might be swayed if they saw it
elegantly accomplishing the same stuff they do with nasty looking C.
Brian
