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From: glenn@gla-aux.uucp (Glenn Austin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: Confused Novice
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Date: 24 May 91 04:11:43 GMT
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In article <424@aplcomm.JHUAPL.EDU>, john@aplcomm.JHUAPL.EDU (John Hayes) writes:
> -- this doesn't work
> put the id of card into placeHolder

it needs to know which card!  card which?  card ID 123?  card "Foo"?

> -- this works
> get the id of card
> put it into placeHolder

there is no ambiguity.  Card is at the end of the line and isn't followed
by anything else, so it must be this card

> 	I am an experienced programmer and know many languages, but I
> continually come up against problems like the one above.  Can anyone
> recommend a book that accurately and completely describes the syntax
> and semantics of Hypertalk?

Get the Claris development release of Hypercard.  I understand the documentation
is _very_ well written.  I currently use the HyperCard Script Language Guide,
with some help from the HyperTalk Reference Stack.

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