64 bit desktop apps

[Mark Waddingham]

On 2017-06-08 12:04, Richmond via use-livecode wrote:
> So, backwards compatibility does not interest you?

Seriously - you ask that question?

LiveCode 9 still happily runs stacks which were written in the early 
days of MetaCard.

We are *extremely* careful not to break existing scripts and stacks - we 
either do accidentally (if that is so, we fix those issues with a high 
degree of priority); if intentionally then it is only for a very good 
reason.

> I, for one, run Mac Machines running MacOS 10.4 PPC.

LiveCode 6.6.5 was the last version of LiveCode to support PowerPC on 
Mac - so given we are talking about LiveCode *9* you point is entirely 
moot.

> A lot of these machine are being dumped in poor countries where they 
> can be used
> for good purposes.

I appreciate that, but since Apple haven't supported PowerPC for a very 
long time, and their toolchains (the things we need to use to build the 
engine) haven't for a very long time - there's little hope of PowerPC 
being resurrected in a future LiveCode version unless someone stumps up 
a very very large amount of cash (we are talking on the order of 
$100,000+ as a start, and then a significant amount for ongoing 
maintenance) and even then finding reliable hardware which has the specs 
needed to do engine development is becoming increasingly difficult, if 
not impossible.

Warmest Regards,

Mark.

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