Livecode Javascript Compiler
Peter TB Brett
peter.brett at livecode.com
Thu Jul 16 04:39:31 EDT 2015
On 2015-07-16 04:16, David Bovill wrote:
> I've a question regarding the roll-out, and eventual functionality of
> Livecode HTML5. In the recent roadmap blogpost there was an indication
> that
> compiling the Livecode language to Javascript was achieved relatively
> quickly, but that the harder part was the rendering of the interface to
> the
> Canvas object and appropriate bindings together with the message
> hierarchy.
Hi David,
We don't compile the LiveCode language to JavaScript -- we compile the
engine's C++ code to JavaScript, and then use that to run LiveCode
scripts in the normal way.
> So why not release a limited Livecode script to Javascript compiler
I'm afraid such a thing does not exist, and isn't currently on our
roadmap. Sorry to disappoint!
Peter
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Dr Peter Brett <peter.brett at livecode.com>
LiveCode Engine Development Team
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