RunRev Opensource Multi OS Rad

[Zebuddi123]

Hi to all Was just looking through google currents and came across an article about RunRev now Opensource produces mac ios win linux android exe`s from same code. It`s very impressive really.

Just has a quick play with the community edition compulsory "Hello World" lol (hello world. gui, one button, producing hello world message requester) written code Answer "Hello World" exe size 2.2meg hey but cross platform easier to learn then basic and a large project would probably negate the initial code size.

creating the exe automatically created Window, OSX & Linux exe`s


Main site http://runrev.com/
Community Edition http://www.runrev.com/store/account/products/

Zebuddi.

[MachineCode]

You can use it however you wish, you can even sell what you make, but you must make your source code public.

No thanks. Nobody will ever use that for a serious commercial application. A good toy, I guess.

Now if only PureBasic would create an exe for all three platforms automatically!

[Zebuddi123]

Yep was pointing it out as something to look at. and yes it would if pb could

No matter what i look at i always it always gets sent to the big grey bucket in the sky as it it cant match pb

Zebuddi.

[swhite]

It is used for serious commercial projects and has been around for years. It does use a different paradigm for programming but it is a mistake to think it is only a toy language.

[BorisTheOld]

......... but you must make your source code public.

No thanks. Nobody will ever use that for a serious commercial application. A good toy, I guess.

Only open source for the free version. A closed source commercial license is $500/year.

If large commercial applications can be written in COBOL, I'm sure this language could do the same.

[MachineCode]

It is used for serious commercial projects

The free community edition that I cited, or the commercial edition? No business would use the free one and give away their source... unless they're incredibly stupid.

[BorisTheOld]

It is used for serious commercial projects

... unless they're incredibly stupid.

Or incredibly generous.

[MachineCode]

Or incredibly generous.

A business, by definition, doesn't give away the fruits of their labour. It's a charity in that case.

[BorisTheOld]

It could well be part of a marketing strategy. Free stuff and loss-leaders are established ways of getting people interested in products that must be paid for. Open source communities, supported by commercial products, are a good example of this.

[Shardik]

No business would use the free one and give away their source... unless they're incredibly stupid.

The project (and the release of the source code) was financed by the community via Kickstarter. They had the goal of £350.000 and received £493,795 ...
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/175 ... f-livecode

[Danilo]

Answer "Hello World" exe size 2.2meg

The Interpreter is 2,27 MB, so this is minimal size on Windows now. Your script is then added to the interpreter .EXE.
New features added, the interpreter size will grow from version to version.

The Interpreters are located in the "Runtime" folder:
- "LiveCode Community 6.0\Runtime\Windows\x86-32\Standalone" (2,27MB .EXE) (folder contains also 4,5 MB external DLLs that may be required, depending on what features you use)
- "LiveCode Community 6.0\Runtime\Linux\x86-32\Standalone" (2,32MB ELF executable) (folder contains also 5,6 MB external .so libraries that may be required, depending on what features you use)

No magic there, just interpreters for some platforms.


Origin:
http://www.metacard.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MetaCard
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HyperCard

One of HyperCard's strengths was its handling of multimedia, and many multimedia systems
like Macromedia Authorware and Macromedia Director are based on concepts originating in HyperCard

http://www.sanke.org/MetaMedia/index.html -> "Metacard and Revolution" -> MC25.zip (Original MetaCard Demo)


Looks also little bit like WinDev, WinDev Mobile, WebDev