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From: bc@Apple.COM (bill coderre)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: Compatibility of stacks and Hypercard 2.0
Message-ID: <43469@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 31 Jul 90 18:12:20 GMT
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Organization: consulting to Those Nice People there.
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Lawrence:
|On my hard disk, HyperCard 2.0B25 takes up 613K, versus 384K for
|1.2.5.

It's a Bad Idea to go predicting code sizes based on betas. Some betas
contain debug code, which of course would make them bigger and slower.

I wouldn't doubt HC 2 ending up bigger than version 1, though. There's
a LOT more features in it.

It might make sense to develop in version 1, keeping an eye on version
2 compatibility (not a real challenge, mind you) for those with more
memory/disk space/big screens, whatever.

bill coderre
consultant to apple