64 bit desktop apps

[Richmond Mathewson]

Tut, tut, Roger: you forgot the kilt!

Richmond.

On 6/8/17 1:34 pm, Roger Eller via use-livecode wrote:
> -- 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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