what is LCs output for different platforms?

[Peter W A Wood]

It is possible to create a binary executable with most scripting languages by building a binary that includes a full copy of the script interpreter and the script in source form. It is typically referred to as encapping a script. I'm sure this is the process with LiveCode.

The technique is even used to produce a binary executable of Java programs though in those cases the Java byte code is encapped with a JVM. This technique is used for the JEdit text editor.

Peter


On 8 Feb 2013, at 20:20, Mark Smith wrote:

> Monte Goulding wrote
>> 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. 
> 
> Interesting. I've never heard of that model before. A load-time compiler? So
> it neither distributes compiled binaries (machine code) or p-code
> (pre-compiled binaries for execution by a runtime interpreter), but rather
> source code that gets compiled and executed at (technically runtime but not
> in the same sense as an interpreter, more in the sense of a compiler??).
> Gosh, I don't even think I can coherently describe that :-)
> 
> This does represent an interesting hybrid model. Thanks Monte
> 
> -- Mark
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