Just for the anecdote

[Richard Gaskin]

jbv wrote:

 > We were competing for an app for iOS & Android (with quite a lot of
 > client/server communication, photo uploads, QR code reading, etc),
 > and today we learned that we lost the competition and that the client
 > finally choosed another agency, mainly because they use React
 > framework/library, which is a "more up-to-date tool than LC" (as we
 > were told)...
 > I don't have all the details yet, but I was wondering if anyone had
 > comments about this...

It'll be interesting to learn how they define "up-to-date", but with 
React being developed by Facebook and Instagram it's clear they have 
more development resources.

In terms of time-to-market LC may have an advantage, but that depends on 
the particulars of the app and the degree to which that's a primary 
consideration.

JavaScript is one of the world's most popular languages, and JS engines 
get millions in investment from Apple, Google, and many others to 
continually refine and optimize them.

There are dozens of great languages, and the most popular ones will only 
remain so because of the vast ecosystems behind them, in terms of 
available libraries and developers who know how to use them well.  There 
are probably more people typing JavaScript as I write this than the sum 
of all xTalkers ever.

But new languages continue to show up, and some, like Clojure, take off 
rather nicely.

LiveCode is currently a niche that relatively few appreciate.  Those who 
get it reap the benefits, but no blame to those who don't; they're just 
meeting different criteria.

The best we can do to grow this ecosystem is what we're doing now: 
deliver great software with LiveCode, and let folks know how you did it.

There will always be other languages, and even the gawdfersaken Java 
will probably remain #1 on the TIOBE list for years.

But there's a role for LiveCode to take its place among the world's 
great languages.  And if we just keeping turning out quality software 
with it that'll happen.

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  Richard Gaskin
  Fourth World Systems
  Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mobile, and the Web
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