LiveCode 4.6.1 message path and behaviors

[Richard Gaskin]

Todd Geist wrote:

> For example, I am reasonably certain that I will never need to write code
> that is compatible with HyperCard, So does that mean that I never need to
> use Send, and I can always use Dispatch?

The "send" command has one feature unique to it:  the ability to delay 
its triggering until a specified amount of time has passed:

   send "message" to "object" in 200 millisecs

If the "dispatch" command had that I'd use it exclusively.  But for now, 
there are benefits to both.

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