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From: beloin@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Ron Beloin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Hypercard
Message-ID: <2194@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu>
Date: Mon, 31-Aug-87 15:04:02 EDT
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Posted: Mon Aug 31 15:04:02 1987
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Organization: Cornell Theory Center, Cornell University, Ithaca NY
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In article <3766@sdcsvax.UCSD.EDU> graifer@net1.UUCP (Dan Graifer) writes:
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>How will HyperCard react to a really large stack?  Most of the the examples
>distributed are fairly small (except for the help stack).

The Point Foundation (Whole Earth Catalog folks) are putting the
entire catalog into HyperCard. Someone told me that at the Expo
they had about 17Meg completed, although I don't know if that was
many stacks or one stack. Apple no doubt sees this product as a
gateway into the optical disk world (or a similar product, at least)
so my first guess is that it won't choke on a large stack. For
complex searches, you'll have to write the scripts yourself, or
find some written.
Sorry this is all speculation. Perhaps someone has a definitive answer.
 Ron Beloin, Ecosystems Research Center, Corson Hall, Cornell, Ithaca,NY 14853
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