[OT ??] OpenXION

[Björnke von Gierke]

Sure,  xion might not be much. But it could be an easy way to use on the server side, if the person making it wants to go that direction. Sure it's a one person project, and probably never going to be a replacement for livecode. But then, maybe it picks up, and that would be a benefit for Livecode too.

On 21 Jun 2011, at 00:37, Paul Dupuis wrote:

> On 6/20/2011 6:10 PM, Richmond Mathewson wrote:
>> On 06/21/2011 12:25 AM, Paul Dupuis wrote:
>>> On 6/20/2011 3:25 PM, Richmond Mathewson wrote:
>>>> http://code.google.com/p/openxion/
>>>> 
>>>> "XION is an xTalk language similar to the ones used by HyperCard, SuperCard, and Runtime Revolution."
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> I'd like to know if RunRev has any involvement with this Open Source initiative or what their take on it is?
>>> 
>> 
>> No, I'm sure they haven't.
>> 
>> OpenXION seems very odd indeed insofar as it is an xTalk dialect WITHOUT the objects and
>> the stacks on which those objects reside.
>> 
>> Rebecca Bettencourt [who has a long track record with this type of thing] seems to be the driving force
>> behind it; whether it will go the same way as her TileStack remains to be seen.
>> 
> 
> Okay, from Richard's reply and yours, I can see that OpenXION is nothing I need to pay attention to. I feel compelled to mention why I was interested though.
> 
> As a company that develops our entire product line in LiveCode, I readily acknowledge we gain many many benefits from doing so - cross-platform deployment, rapid application development, etc. etc. - over using a traditional language like C++. One disadvantage though using almost any proprietary development system is if something happened to the vendor (RunRev). Now, for the record, I find that highly unlikely given current trends. I very much admire RunRev's accomplishments and growth over the last couple of years and consider it a very well managed company likely to be around for a long time. But I would be irresponsible to my own company, if I did not at least take note of developments which might lessen that tiny tiny risk, such as xTalk having a common, open "standard' like C++. Had XION, which I was unfamiliar with, turned out to be a broader initiative to settle on an open standard for xTalk, it would have been something worth following.
> 
> Thanks for the replies.
> 
> -- 
> Paul Dupuis
> Cofounder
> Researchware, Inc.
> http://www.researchware.com/
> 
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