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From: rene@ascom.uucp (Rene Bach)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: HYPERCARD limitations, speed issue
Keywords: send, hypercard, not hypertext
Message-ID: <614@ascom.UUCP>
Date: 16 Jan 90 08:46:31 GMT
Reply-To: rene@ascom.UUCP (Rene Bach)
Organization: Ascom Tech AG, Solothurn, CH
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I feel HC is not text based. I would expect a hypertext based system to allow
easy cross referencing of FREE text. This issue doesn't appear to bother
people. However I find it the best programming interface available to program
the Mac.

I am surprised nobody (else I have missed it, in this case please ignore)
has mentioned that send doesn't work with arguments (parameters) 
(hypercard 1.2.2 and below). Am I correct or am I missing something ?
I have tried: 
  send message_name arg1,arg2 to card card_name and the message
	doesn't get sent ???
  send message_name to card  works.
Since the basic message passing routine fails, HC can't be a OOP language.

The other issue is that things get really slow on a Mac + (my scripts'
listing is about 5 printed pages, all stored in 2 backgrounds and the stack). Is
anyone working on a script compiler ?  Selecting the drawing tool, then drag
the pointer and change the tools selection doesn't seem to be a speedy
interface (it looks like I can draw faster). I am implementing a sailing
simulator and drawing boat courses and moving boat icons around. The speed
issue makes me wonder whether I want to continue and simulate more than
ONE boat.

Thanks for any feedback
Rene
Switzerland