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@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 ~ m...@livecode.com ~ http://www.livecode.com/
LiveCode: Everyone can create apps
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