what is LCs output for different platforms?

[Monte Goulding]

The engine is a mash up of c++ and platform obj-c on iOS and java on android. Our scripts are compiled as they are loaded into memory not at runtime. Really looking forward to understanding more how it all works!

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On 08/02/2013, at 6:56 PM, "Tiemo Hollmann TB" <toolbook at kestner.de> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I just had a discussion with a (java and objective C) developer of iOS and
> android Apps and couldn't really explain what the output of LC is for the
> different platforms. This probably is discussed before more than once, but I
> didn't found a real answer.
> 
> Does LC has a  "native" engine in objective C, java etc. for every platform
> and "interprets" our scripts at runtime? Or does LC "compiles" our scripts
> for every platform in any native format? Or anything in between? Is the
> "apply" of a script just a save or kind of "precompilation" in a faster
> "machine code" to be interpreted at runtime?
> 
> If this is answered anywhere, perhaps somebody can give me a pointer?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Tiemo
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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