Script Limits

[Dar Scott]

On Thursday, August 7, 2003, at 10:53 PM, Chipp Walters wrote:

> OK,
>
> to play the devils advocate here.
>
> What IF (I have no such knowledge of this) Kevin and Scott said 
> something
> like:
>
> In order to create the next generation: a new and much faster version 
> of RR,
> we're going to have to remove the 'set the script' command and treat
> Transcript just as other compilers-- like C++, etc..
>
> Would this make a difference?

I know this issue is dead.

But I have pondered this.  I think, yes.  But not for direct 
technological reasons.  If RunRev can sell many times more, then maybe 
more resources can be applied to development and more users who desire 
the same as I desire will clammer for what I want.  To put it another 
way, if removing the feature means growth, then the power of that 
feature (perhaps in another form) might be more likely to be there in 
the future.

The same thinking might apply to new features.  A particular 
new-feature set might not include what I want, but it might improve 
sales to the point that I'm more likely to get what I want.

Of course, what I want might always be considered fringe, but maybe not.

I'd encourage Kevin to run with this product the best he can and in 
Kevin style.  I think my best chance of getting the feature set I want 
is in that.

Dar Scott