64 bit desktop apps

[Roger Eller]

-- In a dark back office, Richmond, wearing dark glasses, a fedora, and a
tan trenchcoat, dumps a large bag of Monopoly money onto the table.  Marks
eyes are now like saucers.  "Moot", Richmond says under his breath, then
leaves the room with a strut, as if he is carrying the world in his pocket.
--

~Roger

On Jun 8, 2017 6:19 AM, "Mark Waddingham via use-livecode" <
use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:

> 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.
>
> --
> Mark Waddingham ~ mark at livecode.com ~ http://www.livecode.com/
> LiveCode: Everyone can create apps
>
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