<s>
LiveCode	O
(	O
formerly	O
Revolution	O
and	O
MetaCard	B-Library
)	O
is	O
a	O
cross-platform	B-Operating_System
rapid	O
application	O
development	O
runtime	B-Device
system	I-Device
inspired	O
by	O
HyperCard	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
features	O
the	O
LiveCode	O
Script	O
(	O
formerly	O
MetaTalk	B-Library
)	O
programming	O
language	O
which	O
belongs	O
to	O
the	O
family	O
of	O
xTalk	O
scripting	O
languages	O
like	O
HyperCard	B-Application
's	O
HyperTalk	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
"	O
Revolution	O
"	O
development	O
system	O
was	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
MetaCard	B-Library
engine	O
technology	O
which	O
Runtime	O
Revolution	O
later	O
acquired	O
from	O
MetaCard	B-Library
Corporation	O
in	O
2003	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
code	O
base	O
was	O
re-licensed	O
and	O
made	O
available	O
as	O
free	B-Application
and	I-Application
open	I-Application
source	I-Application
software	I-Application
with	O
a	O
version	O
in	O
April	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LiveCode	O
runs	O
on	O
iOS	B-Application
,	O
Android	B-Application
,	O
OS	B-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
,	O
Windows	B-Application
95	I-Application
through	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
10	I-Operating_System
,	O
Raspberry	B-Operating_System
Pi	I-Operating_System
and	O
several	O
variations	O
of	O
Unix	B-Application
,	O
including	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
Solaris	O
,	O
and	O
BSD	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
iOS	B-Application
(	O
iPhone	O
and	O
iPad	O
)	O
version	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
December	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
most	O
widely	O
used	O
HyperCard/HyperTalk	O
clone	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
only	O
one	O
that	O
runs	O
on	O
all	O
major	O
operating	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
earlier	O
versions	O
,	O
the	O
set	O
of	O
object	O
classes	O
was	O
fixed	O
,	O
and	O
could	O
be	O
enhanced	O
only	O
via	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
ordinary	O
procedural	O
languages	O
such	O
as	O
C	O
.	O
The	O
new	O
language	O
,	O
which	O
runs	O
in	O
its	O
own	O
IDE	B-Application
,	O
is	O
a	O
departure	O
from	O
the	O
transitional	O
x-talk	O
paradigm	O
in	O
that	O
it	O
permits	O
typing	O
of	O
variables	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
But	O
the	O
two	O
environments	O
are	O
fully	O
integrated	O
,	O
and	O
apart	O
from	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
create	O
new	O
objects	O
,	O
development	O
in	O
LiveCode	O
proceeds	O
in	O
the	O
normal	O
way	O
,	O
within	O
the	O
established	O
IDE	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
second	O
crowdfunding	O
campaign	O
to	O
Bring	O
HTML5	B-Application
to	O
LiveCode	O
reached	O
funding	O
goals	O
of	O
nearly	O
US$	O
400,000	O
on	O
July	O
31	O
,	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LiveCode	O
developer	O
release	O
8.0	O
DP4	O
(	O
August	O
31	O
,	O
2015	O
)	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
to	O
include	O
a	O
standalone	O
deployment	O
option	O
to	O
HTML5	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
31	O
August	O
2021	O
,	O
starting	O
with	O
version	O
9.6.4	O
,	O
LiveCode	O
Community	O
edition	O
,	O
licensed	O
under	O
GPL	B-License
,	O
was	O
discontinued	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LiveCode	O
uses	O
a	O
high	O
level	O
,	O
English-like	O
programming	O
language	O
called	O
Transcript	B-Language
that	O
is	O
dynamically	O
typed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Transcript	B-Language
and	O
compile-free	O
workflow	O
generates	O
code	O
that	O
is	O
self-documenting	O
and	O
easy	O
for	O
casual	O
programmers	O
to	O
comprehend	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
language	O
contains	O
advanced	O
features	O
including	O
associative	B-Application
arrays	I-Application
,	O
regular	B-Language
expressions	I-Language
,	O
multimedia	O
,	O
support	O
for	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
SQL	B-Language
databases	I-Language
,	O
and	O
TCP/IP	B-Protocol
libraries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Wikipedia	O
article	O
on	O
HyperCard	B-Application
contains	O
a	O
more	O
detailed	O
discussion	O
about	O
the	O
basics	O
of	O
a	O
similar	O
development	O
environment	O
and	O
scripting	O
language	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Modern	O
LiveCode	O
is	O
a	O
vast	O
superset	O
of	O
the	O
former	O
HyperCard	B-Application
yet	O
retains	O
its	O
simplicity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LiveCode	O
includes	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
features	O
missing	O
from	O
the	O
original	O
HyperCard	B-Application
program	O
,	O
including	O
multiple	O
platform	O
deployment	O
,	O
communication	O
with	O
external	O
devices	O
and	O
many	O
fundamental	O
language	O
extensions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
LiveCode	O
toolkit	O
,	O
as	O
compared	O
to	O
HyperCard	B-Application
,	O
has	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
access	O
internet-based	O
text	O
and	O
media	O
resources	O
,	O
which	O
allows	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
internet-enabled	O
desktop	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
Macintosh	O
Windows	B-Application
Linux9.xhttps://livecodestatic.com/downloads/livecode/9_5_0/LiveCodeNotes	O
-9_5_0.pdf	O
10.9.x	O
-	O
10.13.x	O
Intel	O
7	O
,	O
2008	O
,	O
Windows	B-Application
8.x	O
,	O
Windows	B-Application
10.x	O
(	O
Desktop	O
)	O
32	O
or	O
64	O
bit	O
,	O
32-bit	O
ARMv6	O
(	O
Raspberry	B-Operating_System
Pi	I-Operating_System
)	O
glibc	O
glib	O
gtk/gdk	O
lcms	O
pango/xft	O
gksu	O
esd	O
mplayer8.x	O
10.6.x	O
-	O
10.12.x	O
Intel	O
XP	O
SP2+	O
,	O
2003	O
,	O
Vista	O
SP1+	O
,	O
7	O
,	O
2008	O
,	O
Windows	B-Application
8.x	O
,	O
Windows	B-Application
10.x	O
(	O
Desktop	O
)	O
32	O
or	O
64	O
bit	O
,	O
32-bit	O
ARMv6	O
(	O
Raspberry	B-Operating_System
Pi	I-Operating_System
)	O
glibc	O
gtk	O
lcms	O
pango/xft	O
gksu	O
esd	O
mplayer7.xhttp://downloads.livecode.com/livecode/7_0_0/LiveCodeNotes	O
-7_0_0.pdf	O
10.6.x	O
-	O
10.9.x	O
Intel	O
XP	O
SP2+	O
,	O
2003	O
,	O
Vista	O
SP1+	O
,	O
7	O
,	O
2008	O
,	O
Windows	B-Application
8.x	O
,	O
Windows	B-Application
10.x	O
(	O
Desktop	O
)	O
32	O
or	O
64	O
bit	O
,	O
32-bit	O
ARMv6	O
(	O
Raspberry	B-Operating_System
Pi	I-Operating_System
)	O
glibc	O
gtk	O
lcms	O
pango/xft	O
gksu	O
esd	O
mplayer	O
6.7.xhttp://downloads.livecode.com/livecode/6_7_0/LiveCodeNotes	O
-6_7_0.pdf	O
10.6.x	O
-	O
10.9.x	O
Intel	O
XP	O
SP2+	O
,	O
2003	O
,	O
Vista	O
SP1+	O
,	O
7	O
,	O
2008	O
,	O
Windows	B-Application
8.x	O
,	O
Windows	B-Application
10.x	O
(	O
Desktop	O
)	O
2.4.x	O
+	O
32	O
bit	O
X11R5	O
glibc	O
2.3.2	O
gtk	O
lcms	O
pango/xft	O
gksu	O
6.6.xhttp://downloads.livecode.com/livecode/6_6_5/LiveCodeNotes	O
-6_6_5.pdf	O
10.5.8	O
-	O
10.9.x	O
Intel/PPC	O
XP	O
SP2+	O
,	O
2003	O
,	O
Vista	O
SP1+	O
,	O
7	O
,	O
2008	O
,	O
Windows	B-Application
8.x	O
,	O
Windows	B-Application
10.x	O
(	O
Desktop	O
)	O
2.4.x	O
+	O
32	O
bit	O
X11R5	O
glibc	O
2.3.2	O
gtk	O
lcms	O
pango/xft	O
gksu	O
6.0.x	O
-	O
6.5.xhttp://downloads.livecode.com/livecode/6_5_2/LiveCodeNotes	O
-6_5_2.pdf	O
10.4.11	O
-	O
10.9.x	O
Intel/PPC	O
XP	O
SP2+	O
,	O
2003	O
,	O
Vista	O
SP1+	O
,	O
7	O
,	O
2008	O
,	O
Windows	B-Application
8.x	O
,	O
Windows	B-Application
10.x	O
(	O
Desktop	O
)	O
2.4.x	O
+	O
32	O
bit	O
X11R5	O
glibc	O
2.3.2	O
gtk	O
lcms	O
pango/xft	O
gksu	O
5.xhttp://www.runrev.com/downloads/livecode/5_5_0/LiveCodeNotes	O
-5_5_0.pdf	O
10.4.11	O
-	O
10.8.x	O
Intel/PPC	O
2000	O
SP4	O
,	O
XP	O
SP2+	O
,	O
2003	O
,	O
Vista	O
SP1+	O
,	O
7	O
,	O
2008	O
2.4.x	O
+	O
32	O
bit	O
X11R5	O
glibc	O
2.3.2	O
gtk	O
lcms	O
4.6.xhttp://www.runrev.com/downloads/livecode/4_6_0/LiveCodeNotes	O
-4_6_0.pdf	O
10.4.11	O
-	O
10.8.x	O
Intel/PPC	O
2000	O
SP4	O
,	O
XP	O
SP2+	O
,	O
2003	O
,	O
Vista	O
SP1+	O
,	O
7	O
,	O
2008	O
2.4.x	O
+	O
32	O
bit	O
X11R5	O
glibc	O
2.3.2	O
gtk	O
lcms	O
4.5.xhttp://www.runrev.com/downloads/livecode/4_5_0/LiveCodeNotes	O
-4_5_0.pdf	O
10.3.9	O
-	O
10.8.x	O
Intel/PPC	O
2000	O
SP4	O
,	O
XP	O
SP2+	O
,	O
2003	O
,	O
Vista	O
SP1+	O
,	O
7	O
,	O
2008	O
2.4.x	O
+	O
32	O
bit	O
X11R5	O
glibc	O
2.3.2	O
gtk	O
lcms	O
4.0.x	O
?	O
</s>
<s>
iOS	B-Application
and	O
Android	B-Application
targets	O
are	O
available	O
in	O
some	O
versions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Note	O
:	O
Complete	O
Linux	B-Application
requirements	O
for	O
4.5.x-6.x	O
are	O
the	O
following	O
:	O
</s>
