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From: mlloyd@maths.tcd.ie (Michael Lloyd)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: HC, SC, Plus
Message-ID: <1265@hamilton.maths.tcd.ie>
Date: 19 Nov 89 18:31:06 GMT
References: <89318.230002EXZ@PSUVM.BITNET>
Reply-To: mlloyd@maths.tcd.ie (Michael Lloyd)
Organization: Maths Dept., Trinity College, Dublin
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In article <89318.230002EXZ@PSUVM.BITNET> EXZ@PSUVM.BITNET writes:
>how about a comparison between HyperCard, SuperCard, and Plus?
>
>Especially with regard to:
>*Speed*, >Power, >Customizability, >Compatiblity, >Bugginess
>
>Here's a great chance for sharing your unsubstantiated opinions, gross
>exagerations, and weird personal preferences :)

OK, you asked for it!

Hypercard:  Great for power, etc, as we all know.  Just slow.
Supercard:  Very, very impressive.  Some really nifty things, like
            proper graphic objects, and of course, colour.  Just VERY slow
            indeed.
Plus:       Not impressed.  Documentation bad, demos bad, presentation bad.
            I never had the enthusiasm to try and get into it.

So, all in all, I suppose I am a SuperCard fan.  I like Silicon Beach software,
and SC is well up to scratch.  I have had no difficulty transferring my
developing to it, and I now have no desire to go back.  Compatibility
seems to be very good - I have imported a stack or two - but I cannot
make extravagant claims of TOTAL portability cos I haven`t gone into it
that thoroughly.

Any questions?

>steve
>
>----------------Steve Dahm-------------exz@psuvm.psu.edu---------------------

Mike.


Mike Lloyd, Dept of Statistics, |Somebody said `Well hey, what are you waving
Trinity College, Dublin,        |at?' `Well, what do I have to lose?  Somebody
Ireland.                        |might wave back!'
(mlloyd@maths.tcd.ie)           |  - Mike Scott, of the Waterboys.