Okay, I think I'm brain damaged -- nope, I figured it out

[Roger Eller]

Yeah.  My latest thoughts on the subject would be having assistive tools in
the IDE.

~Roger
On Sep 14, 2013 1:58 PM, "Mark Wieder" <mwieder at ahsoftware.net> wrote:

> Roger-
>
> Saturday, September 14, 2013, 7:31:48 AM, you wrote:
>
> > I said this is a naive view, but my vision of LiveCode is that it can be
> > more efficient by being smarter at the core. Many developers prefer
> > absolute control, i.e. regular expressions, arrays, etc. but others want
> a
> > human syntax to complex operations, and let the engine convert it, if
> > necessary, to an optimal form for processing. I am one of the others,
> btw.
> > :)
>
> Much as I like the idea of having the computer do all my thinking for
> me <g> (shouldn't the engine be capable of determining the best sort
> algorithm for a given set of data?) I think the overhead of having to
> make those decisions would probably more than offset any performance
> gains once the best algorithm was determined.
>
> --
> -Mark Wieder
>  mwieder at ahsoftware.net
>
>
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