LCB has been slower than LCS, but the advantage is that you can easily link to much faster compiler code. I’m not sure if that has changed any… I could pull out some code from a while back where we were doing some speed tests.
Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 30, 2022, at 5:31 PM, Geoff Canyon via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > Is there a page that discusses the pros of LCB? I looked and didn’t find it. > > I’m thinking of a simple list (I’m making this up because I didn’t find the > page) > > — N times faster execution than LCS > — interface with code libraries using simple hooks > — bundle code and graphics together into widgets > > More? > > gc > >>> On Aug 28, 2022, at 11:27 AM, Mark Wieder via use-livecode >>> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >>> >>> On 8/28/22 11:06, Mike Kerner wrote: >>> the lcb documentation, especially in the api widget is ungreat. >>> the good news is that as long as there is an oss repo version of LC, you >>> can hunt for some of the information that is missing. AND, at least for >>> now, you can still find much of it in the LC application >>> example: as i was hunting, i found a bunch of editors, but none of them >>> seem to be documented anywhere obvious. >> >> Yep - I find most of my documentation by digging. >> >> The lack of colornames just bit me earlier this week and I had to backpedal >> and code a list of a dozen color names as "R,G,B". Even the "#FFFFFF" format >> isn't accepted. >> >> -- >> Mark Wieder >> ahsoftw...@gmail.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 _______________________________________________ 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
