Even though I make a competitor (Cursive) I'm still sad to see LightTable languishing. It had some interesting ideas, even if they never came to fruition.
But the point about the code being incomprehensible is definitely true. I've tried a couple of times to follow a simple flow through the code to see how something worked, and it's difficult-to-impossible. It would be great if the community could pick it up, but this email makes that look very difficult.
Interesting comments about using alternative languages, too. However I suspect that in the same way that ClojureScript wasn't really that much of a benefit compared to the architecture, it probably isn't the main impediment to outside contribution either.
But the point about the code being incomprehensible is definitely true. I've tried a couple of times to follow a simple flow through the code to see how something worked, and it's difficult-to-impossible. It would be great if the community could pick it up, but this email makes that look very difficult.
Interesting comments about using alternative languages, too. However I suspect that in the same way that ClojureScript wasn't really that much of a benefit compared to the architecture, it probably isn't the main impediment to outside contribution either.