On 2017-05-17 21:34, Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode wrote:
Why do I feel that the reason for all this "wierdness" is because LCB
has been written from C++ programmers from the ground up,
while LiveCode still (well, just about) hangs onto to its HyperCard
heritage.
LiveCode, at its best, preserves the clarity that was the best thing
about HyperCard (certainly mind-blowingly refreshing
after my baptism with FORTRAN and PASCAL); LCB, not doing that, is as
opaque as its heritage.
It has been suggested before that the LiveCode team have, maybe
unwittingly, started moving away from the
HyperCard-like simplicity that was what made LiveCode so obviously the
best successor to HyperCard; with LCB they
don't even have to pay lip service to that . . .
I think this perhaps displays a misunderstanding what LCB is for - it
isn't a replacement for LiveCode Script; it is intended to be a stepping
stone between C++ and LiveCode Script which means it can be used to
extend the engine in way which LiveCode Script cannot. i.e. Allowing
functionality to be added to LiveCode *without* having to deal with C++
and, instead, deal with something slightly more familiar (also there is
a lot of boiler-plate required in writing engine functionality in C++,
which LCB eliminates by raising the abstraction level of values).
Warmest Regards,
Mark.
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Mark Waddingham ~ m...@livecode.com ~ http://www.livecode.com/
LiveCode: Everyone can create apps
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