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BluePixelLOLLL
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1000+ posts

Will Scratch ever shutdown?

Is there a possibility that Scratch will shutdown?
Za-Chary
Scratcher
1000+ posts

Will Scratch ever shutdown?

Nah.
SpyCoderX
Scratcher
1000+ posts

Will Scratch ever shutdown?

No. Not unless they get forced, but I don’t think that’ll happen.

Last edited by SpyCoderX (Aug. 26, 2024 03:38:18)

warriorcatsfreakalt
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1000+ posts

Will Scratch ever shutdown?

All things come to an end. Scratch might never officially shut down, might just be left behind, but maybe it will be. Although, I don't anticipate the shutdown of Scratch anytime soon, considering that it's only gotten more and more popular since it's creation. It'll probably take a long while before a shutdown is even necessary. So, short answer, most likely not.
breakfast_for_dinner
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1000+ posts

Will Scratch ever shutdown?

nothing lasts forever, except for my love of glass animals
A-MARIO-PLAYER
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1000+ posts

Will Scratch ever shutdown?

it might be forced to shut down, but it definitely won't shut down anytime in the next like 35 years. microsoft windows, another piece of software, has existed for nearly 40 years and is still going strong (until they force you to use copilot). remember, nothing lasts forever.

Last edited by A-MARIO-PLAYER (Aug. 26, 2024 10:18:06)

Roblox888i
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1000+ posts

Will Scratch ever shutdown?

breakfast_for_dinner wrote:

nothing lasts forever, except for my love of glass animals
uhm I went into your house /j and then I uhhh kinda stole and hammered your glass animals JOKE BTW
SwordFish16
Scratcher
100+ posts

Will Scratch ever shutdown?

Maybe, but it prob won't happen for awhile, after all the chances of it happening within 10 years are slim but not nothing.
i_eat_coffee
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1000+ posts

Will Scratch ever shutdown?

Roblox888i wrote:

breakfast_for_dinner wrote:

nothing lasts forever, except for my love of glass animals
uhm I went into your house /j and then I uhhh kinda stole and hammered your glass animals JOKE BTW
glass animals is a band
Roblox888i
Scratcher
1000+ posts

Will Scratch ever shutdown?

i_eat_coffee wrote:

Roblox888i wrote:

breakfast_for_dinner wrote:

nothing lasts forever, except for my love of glass animals
uhm I went into your house /j and then I uhhh kinda stole and hammered your glass animals JOKE BTW
glass animals is a band
oh yeah, I kept them hostage in a basement for legal reasons this is a MEGA JOKE
BluePixelLOLLL
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1000+ posts

Will Scratch ever shutdown?

Roblox888i wrote:

i_eat_coffee wrote:

Roblox888i wrote:

breakfast_for_dinner wrote:

nothing lasts forever, except for my love of glass animals
uhm I went into your house /j and then I uhhh kinda stole and hammered your glass animals JOKE BTW
glass animals is a band
oh yeah, I kept them hostage in a basement for legal reasons this is a MEGA JOKE
Dagriffpatchfan
Scratcher
1000+ posts

Will Scratch ever shutdown?

I hope not, it might happen one day, but that day should be in a long long time
BigNate469
Scratcher
1000+ posts

Will Scratch ever shutdown?

Za-Chary wrote:

Nah.
^^^

In a world where programmers are ever becoming a more important job, things like Scratch will always be needed to help introduce people to it in a way that they can understand.

Because face it, post people have no idea what they're looking at if they see
const Cast = require('../util/cast');
class Scratch3ControlBlocks {
    constructor (runtime) {
        /**
         * The runtime instantiating this block package.
         * @type {Runtime}
         */
        this.runtime = runtime;
        /**
         * The "counter" block value. For compatibility with 2.0.
         * @type {number}
         */
        this._counter = 0;
        this.runtime.on('RUNTIME_DISPOSED', this.clearCounter.bind(this));
    }
    /**
     * Retrieve the block primitives implemented by this package.
     * @return {object.<string, Function>} Mapping of opcode to Function.
     */
    getPrimitives () {
        return {
            control_repeat: this.repeat,
            control_repeat_until: this.repeatUntil,
            control_while: this.repeatWhile,
            control_for_each: this.forEach,
            control_forever: this.forever,
            control_wait: this.wait,
            control_wait_until: this.waitUntil,
            control_if: this.if,
            control_if_else: this.ifElse,
            control_stop: this.stop,
            control_create_clone_of: this.createClone,
            control_delete_this_clone: this.deleteClone,
            control_get_counter: this.getCounter,
            control_incr_counter: this.incrCounter,
            control_clear_counter: this.clearCounter,
            control_all_at_once: this.allAtOnce
        };
    }
    getHats () {
        return {
            control_start_as_clone: {
                restartExistingThreads: false
            }
        };
    }
    repeat (args, util) {
        const times = Math.round(Cast.toNumber(args.TIMES));
        // Initialize loop
        if (typeof util.stackFrame.loopCounter === 'undefined') {
            util.stackFrame.loopCounter = times;
        }
        // Only execute once per frame.
        // When the branch finishes, `repeat` will be executed again and
        // the second branch will be taken, yielding for the rest of the frame.
        // Decrease counter
        util.stackFrame.loopCounter--;
        // If we still have some left, start the branch.
        if (util.stackFrame.loopCounter >= 0) {
            util.startBranch(1, true);
        }
    }
    repeatUntil (args, util) {
        const condition = Cast.toBoolean(args.CONDITION);
        // If the condition is false (repeat UNTIL), start the branch.
        if (!condition) {
            util.startBranch(1, true);
        }
    }
The above code is a snippet from the .js file that contains the code for the control blocks

Last edited by BigNate469 (Aug. 26, 2024 14:55:12)

PaperMarioFan2024
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100+ posts

Will Scratch ever shutdown?

That depends on whether they are keeping up with legal, policies, and important information (like accessibility for example). Not everything lasts forever, but that doesn't mean that nothing should shut down in the next several decades.
breakfast_for_dinner
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1000+ posts

Will Scratch ever shutdown?

BigNate469 wrote:

(#13)

Za-Chary wrote:

Nah.
^^^

In a world where programmers are ever becoming a more important job, things like Scratch will always be needed to help introduce people to it in a way that they can understand.
you're not factoring in the eventual heat death of the universe
BigNate469
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1000+ posts

Will Scratch ever shutdown?

breakfast_for_dinner wrote:

you're not factoring in the eventual heat death of the universe

Our civilization will probably destroy itself long before then and humans will be an extinct species.

It's not like we haven't gotten that close before, there were four separate instances where we nearly nuked ourselves into oblivion (in no particular order: the Cuban missile crisis, a Soviet RADAR malfunction that made it seem like the US launched their nukes at the USSR, a US spy plane getting shot down over the USSR, pilot dies in the plane from the anti-aircraft missile that shot it down, the CIA picking up the front of a Soviet nuclear submarine off the ocean floor to study). And all of that happened within a span of 25 or so years.

My point is, the Scratch Foundation will likely keep operating as long as it and its mission (teach kids to code) are relevant. Of course when humanity is destroyed for one reason or another the Scratch Foundation will disappear.

Last edited by BigNate469 (Aug. 26, 2024 17:39:09)

2016s4m29
Scratcher
1000+ posts

Will Scratch ever shutdown?

Za-Chary wrote:

Nah.
True, Scratch Will Last Forever Hopefully

Last edited by 2016s4m29 (Aug. 26, 2024 16:13:34)

blubby4
Scratcher
100+ posts

Will Scratch ever shutdown?

BigNate469 wrote:

breakfast_for_dinner wrote:

you're not factoring in the eventual heat death of the universe

Our civilization will probably destroy itself long before then and humans will be an extinct species.

It's not like we haven't gotten that close before, there were four separate instances where we nearly nuked ourselves into oblivion (in no particular order: the Cuban missile crisis, a Soviet RADAR malfunction that made it seem like the US launched their nukes at the USSR, a US spy plane getting shot down over the USSR, pilot dies in the plane from the anti-aircraft missile that shot it down, the CIA picking up the front of a Soviet nuclear submarine off the ocean floor to study). And all of that happened within a span of 25 or so years.

My point is, the Scratch Foundation will likely keep operating as long as it and its mission (teach kids to code) are relevant. Of course when humanity is destroyed for one reason or another the Scratch Foundation will disappear.
Let's band together and donate a couple billion dollars to the Scratch Foundation for nuclear arms research, that way it can defend itself in the event of global thermonuclear war
Crowsauiy
Scratcher
100+ posts

Will Scratch ever shutdown?

There's no really definite answer to that really. Scratch has gotten more and more popular, so I doubt they will get shutdown for a long while, unless forced to, but I doubt that will happen either! What I think will happen most is if scratch gets forgotten, and left behind, like many other sites, but not necessarily shutdown.
TechPro6
Scratcher
5 posts

Will Scratch ever shutdown?

it did 3 months ago for like 5 minutes, but no I don't think

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