externalPackages

[JB]

This will be a fantastic  improvement.

John Balgenorth


On Aug 13, 2014, at 3:46 PM, Björnke von Gierke <bvg at mac.com> wrote:

> Richard is wrong. The goal is to be able to use any language, including anything that is available for the separate OS-es. However, there'll be a meta-LC like language, that is not quite LC, but similar-ish, which will allow to write externals too. The Idea is that it's similar enough for more people to delve in and do Externals then with the current undocumented, not available on all platforms, never-really-cared-for mess. Delivery date is "somewhen".
> 
> 
> On 14 Aug 2014, at 00:25, Richard Gaskin <ambassador at fourthworld.com> wrote:
> 
>> JB wrote:
>> 
>>> Changing the subject a little bit you mentioned
>>> LiveCode is going to improve things so you can
>>> actually do more external type code from within
>>> LiveCode.  Are they going to be using Apples new
>>> programming language Swift at all?
>> 
>> I don't think so.  Swift is a very interesting language (made by the same super-genius who made the ground-breaking LLVM), but as far as I can tell Apple intends to make it available only for use on their own platforms.  So for an omni-platform tool like LiveCode, Swift is a non-starter.
>> 
>> Instead, the new language for widgets in LiveCode will be...LiveCode! :)
>> 
>> New extensions to the LiveCode language are in development to allow us to not only make custom controls that behave more like built-in controls, but also directly talk to the OS APIs - see this video from Kevin with a sneak preview of what they're working on:
>> 
>> <http://livecode.com/blog/2014/07/08/the-next-generation-widgets-themes/>
>> 
>> -- 
>> Richard Gaskin
>> Fourth World Systems
>> Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mobile, and the Web
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