Achilles Heel of Livecode

[dunbarx at aol.com]

I used Compile-it forever. It was faster than the compiled v.2x HC by orders of magnitude.
But, and this is hardly a fair test, I get over 8 million passes per second through a repeat loop in LC if I do not tax it overmuch, say, adding 1 to a variable on each pass.
The point is, how much more speed can be garnered if a new complier was attached to the engine?
Craig


-----Original Message-----
From: Rick Harrison via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>
To: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>
Cc: Rick Harrison <harrison at all-auctions.com>
Sent: Tue, Dec 3, 2019 2:20 pm
Subject: Re: Achilles Heel of Livecode

Try writing a serious arcade game with LiveCode.
Sorry but it just isn’t up to the task as it isn’t fast
enough.

Remember Compile-It for Hypercard?  Perhaps
we need something similar for LiveCode that
would run at standalone creation time, or
whenever we request it for that extra-speed.

I know the system took a big hit with Unicode,
so how about the option to turn it off for programs
requiring super speed?

Just my 2 cents.  :-)

Enjoy your day!

Rick
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