[sldev] Opening the server source?

[Jim Purbrick (Babbage)]

> Why do you need to set the target that high?  Just put compiling  
> onto the server side for now, and only compile LSL.  The client can  
> just run a very basic syntactic check before uploading the source  
> code.

That is exactly the plan.

> I think most people would have very happy to see "fast LSL" sooner,  
> rather than "arbitrary assemblies from arbitrary languages" much  
> much (much) later.

Yes.

> Taking this step doesn't preclude allowing arbitrary languages in  
> the future, and would go a very long way to help the situation in  
> the shorter term.

Correct.

> Not to mention, it would be a good way to get the bugs worked out  
> of the basic system, prior to introducing the complexities of code  
> compiled in outside environments.

Indeed.

Cheers,

Jim/Babbage