Sure, xion might not be much. But it could be an easy way to use on the server side, if the person making it wants to go that direction. Sure it's a one person project, and probably never going to be a replacement for livecode. But then, maybe it picks up, and that would be a benefit for Livecode too.
On 21 Jun 2011, at 00:37, Paul Dupuis wrote: > On 6/20/2011 6:10 PM, Richmond Mathewson wrote: >> On 06/21/2011 12:25 AM, Paul Dupuis wrote: >>> On 6/20/2011 3:25 PM, Richmond Mathewson wrote: >>>> http://code.google.com/p/openxion/ >>>> >>>> "XION is an xTalk language similar to the ones used by HyperCard, >>>> SuperCard, and Runtime Revolution." >>>> >>>> >>> I'd like to know if RunRev has any involvement with this Open Source >>> initiative or what their take on it is? >>> >> >> No, I'm sure they haven't. >> >> OpenXION seems very odd indeed insofar as it is an xTalk dialect WITHOUT the >> objects and >> the stacks on which those objects reside. >> >> Rebecca Bettencourt [who has a long track record with this type of thing] >> seems to be the driving force >> behind it; whether it will go the same way as her TileStack remains to be >> seen. >> > > Okay, from Richard's reply and yours, I can see that OpenXION is nothing I > need to pay attention to. I feel compelled to mention why I was interested > though. > > As a company that develops our entire product line in LiveCode, I readily > acknowledge we gain many many benefits from doing so - cross-platform > deployment, rapid application development, etc. etc. - over using a > traditional language like C++. One disadvantage though using almost any > proprietary development system is if something happened to the vendor > (RunRev). Now, for the record, I find that highly unlikely given current > trends. I very much admire RunRev's accomplishments and growth over the last > couple of years and consider it a very well managed company likely to be > around for a long time. But I would be irresponsible to my own company, if I > did not at least take note of developments which might lessen that tiny tiny > risk, such as xTalk having a common, open "standard' like C++. Had XION, > which I was unfamiliar with, turned out to be a broader initiative to settle > on an open standard for xTalk, it would have been something worth following. > > Thanks for the replies. > > -- > Paul Dupuis > Cofounder > Researchware, Inc. > http://www.researchware.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
