Multitasking Comes to iOS, Time for LC to make it better

[Dar Scott]

Whoops, I misunderstood.  Yeah, I agree.  

First, for externals, perhaps, and then some message/callback handlers in scripts.  

(I would characterize "getting around" as a different style or paradigm, though.)

Dar

On Jun 10, 2013, at 3:23 PM, Mike Kerner wrote:

> 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 <dsc at 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 <MikeKerner at 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.
>>> 
>>> 
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