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From: wilkins@jarthur.Claremont.EDU (Mark Wilkins)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: UNIX is yuck (was Re: Next intro...)
Message-ID: <9041@jarthur.Claremont.EDU>
Date: 11 Oct 90 20:04:09 GMT
References: <1990Oct9.003852.18788@oswego.Oswego.EDU> <1990Oct9.040256.12082@d.cs.okstate.edu> <1990Oct9.094857.25894@barsoom.nhh.no> <3959@3comvax.MCD.3Com.Com> <1990Oct11.174236.55@covax.commerce.uq.oz.au>
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In article <1990Oct11.174236.55@covax.commerce.uq.oz.au> bellamy@covax.commerce.uq.oz.au writes:
>Ah, but I thought the Mac was supposed to make us all developers.

  I've heard many unreasonable claims about the Macintosh, but I've NEVER
heard that one.

>This sounds like the same logic that has a developer's only version of HC2.0. 
>Unless of course you are part of the inner circle of wizards and know the
>magic words to activate the scripting spell :-)

  HyperCard has always required that.  Why do you think you needed a third
party book or a Script Language Guide to do scripting?

  Or did you try to learn using the Help stack? If so, you're a masochist.
Anyway, I anticipate that all the third-party books will explain the
incantation required to do scripting.


-- Mark Wilkins
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