Wow
I've noticed that a passion for LiveCode (like love) stirs up strong emotions.
The beauty you can find in code (and its execution) is comparable to the emotions you might feel when listening to music.
My first experience (not romantic) was with a Commodore 64.
I was a teenager, living in the countryside, and had no resources around me to guide me. It was the era when you loaded games onto the machine using a cassette player. I discovered BASIC by copying programs published in a newspaper.
Then, a few years later, I started working on layout design on a MacPlus
. A revolution!
After years of exploration, tinkering, and frustration with the limited functionality of the software I was using, I discovered LiveCode during the Kickstarter campaign. A whole new world of computing opened up to me. I was finally able to create the tools I needed. A dream come true.
The way revolutionary minds lose their bearings once they’re confronted with the harsh reality of the world spares almost no one.
We are disappointed because we believed too firmly that all it took was believing hard enough for it to work. Perhaps like the forces behind the LiveCode project.
You have given me hope again, however, because enthusiasts are taking up the torch and keeping the project alive.
We will be able to continue enjoying coding, and that is what matters most.
The dream lives on.
