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A friend of mine [we go back to 1968] has recently 'gone' for the 10 day trial of
LiveCode Commercial 9.6.8 and made an interesting remark re this:

http://mergext.com/

Where about 28 add-ons are explained . . .

"Why can't we do that in the LiveCode language itself?"

and when I demurred, said,

"But, in the last language I worked with, everything was done inside that language as it was set
up so that could happen rather than depend on extensions."

Of course, when I asked him what was the last language he worked with he said, COBOL.

HOWEVER, I do tend to agree with his question.
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Same name, different person: my friend Cecil was at school with me.

Perhaps a good thing as the American Cecil Gauze is dead:

https://obituaries.dailyindependent.com ... -763677981

Pardon me, but "stepped into glory on Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010" made me split my sides laughing, as that
seems one of the most ridiculous euphemisms on the planet.
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He also pointed out to me that this:

http://mergext.com/buy-mergext/?_s2memb ... 525b8d05a7

"Some, possibly all or at least most externals will be included with a LiveCode Indy license. More details will be forthcoming ASAP. While the transition is in progress your current access to mergExt will continue."

Emphasis is mine.

Defies all logic, and may rank as one of the crappiest pieces of marketing on the planet.

Hard not to agree: but, Hey, Cecil and I met in year 2 at Oakland's Primary school in 1968 and have
always been on the same wavelength.
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I told Cecil about the upcoming version 10 of LiveCode, and he got excited, but found that
his 10-day trial thing did NOT let him down LC 10 DP-4.

Although, as I pointed out that having been stuck at 8 months on version DP-4 he should
not really worry as it may never come to pass at all.
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