I'm not immediately as worreid about getting multithreading/multitasking in LC, because there are ways around that, if necessary. On mobile, though, there are significant advantages to having better/more capability while the app is not in the front.
On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 5:06 PM, Dar Scott <d...@swcp.com> wrote: > Perhaps this can be exploited to allow the event model to work better. > Better and more messages and callbacks can allow the event model to get > things done while people are doing other things. > > On the desktop, we might be getting command-line LiveCode back. This > means that some tasks can be pushed to a standalone and communication with > that is by 'open process' reads and writes, or by TCP/IP. > > However, I heard somebody mention (dunno who, so this is blatant rumor) > that development and stacks being tested will be more isolated, perhaps in > separate threads or processes, and there might be some generalization of > that that might help. > > Overall, my feeling is to let the event model work. If we find weaknesses > there, then lets ponder those. > > Dar > > > On Jun 10, 2013, at 2:31 PM, Dr. Hawkins wrote: > > > On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 12:30 PM, Mike Kerner <mikeker...@roadrunner.com > >wrote: > > > >> Well, now that we are going to get multitasking, I would love to see > some > >> new tweaks from LC so we can take advantage, like, for example, being > able > >> to push data updates live, while the device's owner is doing something > >> less, umm, productive. > >> > > > > Heck, I'd like even very primitive threading for LC itself, so that I can > > update a remote db in the background while the user continues to work, > > instead of a potentially multi-second lag. > > > > > > -- > > Dr. Richard E. Hawkins, Esq. > > (702) 508-8462 > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > -- On the first day, God created the heavens and the Earth On the second day, God created the oceans. On the third day, God put the animals on hold for a few hours, and did a little diving. And God said, "This is good." _______________________________________________ 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
