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- From: adam@tucson.princeton.edu (Adam J. Thornton)
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- Subject: Re: Hypercard problem
- Date: 27 Feb 1996 15:43:05 GMT
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- In article <+OqMxoHpv6if089yn@skypoint.com>,
- Richard Steiner <rsteiner@skypoint.com> wrote:
- >Hypercard is an interesting macro language based on the concept of a
- >series (or "stack") of "cards". You can add buttons, bitmaps, and
- >input fields to cards, and my impression is that Hypercard stacks can
- >get fairly complex (example, the Mac-based UTS terminal emulator I use
- >at work has a Hypercard API so a Hypercard stack can hook into a number
- >of terminal functions and play around on the terminal like a user).
-
- It's really a lot like an object-oriented BASIC.
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- It's not a bad toy language.
-
- Adam
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