> Anyway, about the script limits, I think it's a good way to learn how
> to optimise a script !
> As the docs say, you can really make an application with the Starter
> Kit, but of course you have to think about the scripts limits and
> manage that with the custom properties, tips, 'do' and 'send'
> commands, and so on...
I have an opposite opinion to this: I think the script limits are a poor
choice for the Starter Kit, because this forces an experiemced programmer to
use an artificial means to make something useful happen in Rev.
("spaghetti-style" programming as referred to by another list member)
instead of really planning the app's object and script structure based on
efficiency, speed and ease of enhancement/maintenance.
The resulting app may run within the limitations of the Starter Kit, but
when that user upgrades to an unlimited version, that same app might need to
be rewritten to break out of its previous bounds.
I'm not expressing this well, but I think that imposing a more aggregated
limit on script length -- perhaps allowing longer scripts but with a limited
total script length and/or number of objects (when inventoried at the
Master/project level) -- might be a smarter approach, in concert with the
variable-price metering I suggested previously.
As we say in the U.S., this is just my $0.02 and is not well thought through
-- I am sure that much thought and strategizing went into the script limit
approach. I hope these comments will be taken in the constructive spirit
that was intended here.
Tony.
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