Thanks for the kind answer, Richard. Le 2 févr. 2013 à 02:11, Richard Gaskin a écrit :
> François Chaplais wrote: > > OK, open source is the cure for cancer... > > So I spend months, which become years implementing, say, a decent > > math library for Livecode.... > > Who pays the rent????? > > Alternative answer: > > You may not need to write the library at all, but instead find that someone > else has already written it for you. > > Something we haven't considered much here is an aspect Todd Geist and I were > discussing yesterday: community. > > When a software goes open source, esp. a dev tool or programming language, > the community will grow many times larger than it was, with contributions > coming from people you've never heard of a year earlier. > > Our little corner of the world is about to grow. A lot. Many new names will > show up in the list and on the forums. As gene pools go, there may be a > malcontent or two along the way, but mostly what we'll see are eager young > programmers looking to LiveCode as a way to learn, and contribute, and make a > name for themselves. > > They want to help, but many of the big projects already have their bases > covered, so a language like LiveCode is a great opportunity to contribute in > many valuable ways. > > And because LiveCode is really two languages, an engine in C++ and the > high-level scripting we use with it, there are more opportunities to > contribute than most dev tools provide. > > Through this new generation of LiveTalkers we can expect to see dozens of > classic algos translated into LiveCode for community use. > > If we can pull this off with the Kickstarter campaign, we'll arrive on the > other side in an exciting new place: everything we've loved about the > language and the community for years, just a heckuva lot more of it. > > So the math library you're looking for may already be written by the time you > need it. > > -- > Richard Gaskin > Fourth World > LiveCode training and consulting: http://www.fourthworld.com > Webzine for LiveCode developers: http://www.LiveCodeJournal.com > Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/FourthWorldSys > > _______________________________________________ > 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
