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From: rieman@tigger.colorado.edu (John Rieman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Has anyone tried ColorCard or CompileIt?
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Date: 21 Aug 89 21:30:14 GMT
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ColorCard, from Kinko's Academic Software, claims to add windows
and color graphics to Hypercard, as XFCNs.  But it looks
like it just displays color pictures in windows -- i.e., it doesn't
incorporate color into the main Hypercard window.  ($40)

CompileIt, from Heizer Software, is supposed to speed up scripts
by a factor of 5 to 10.  I dunno whether it compiles scripts into
XCMDs (seems like 5 - 10 isn't enough of an improvement) or just
does some tricky optimization, or...?  ($100)

Can anyone describe their experience with either of these products
before I spend money on 'em?

Thanks much,
-john

John Rieman, University of Colorado, Boulder
rieman@boulder.colorado.edu