SOP and Verb - introductory information ?

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Hi,

Been away from HDK for a couple of years.

Back writing some SOP. I noticed something call Verb within a SOP.

I am hoping someone can direct me to some background of how the Verb came about and some history as to what problems it aims to solve.

Can I still write old-skool SOP without the new Verb thingy?

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I can't answer this from HDK point of view
But essentially verbs are necessary to make node compilable
To my understanding it involves separation of UI logic and the actual operation, verb

Another advantage is that you can call verb directly using python on geometry in memory without instantiating nodes
(which may be useful in python states for example)

Sesi has been verbifying sops since the compile blocks were introduced so it's the way to go forward

If you write it oldschool way your sop will not be compilable nor it's operation callable from python
Edited by tamte - Sept. 13, 2021 02:40:23
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