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>Date:         Fri, 8 Jan 88 12:40:36 EDT
>From:         CS656%OUACCVMB.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU (Bob Church)
>Subject:      HYPERCARD FOR THE //
>
>Would it really be that good to have Hypercard for the Apple //?

Yes!

>Hypercard seems to be the Mac version of BASIC. I realize that it is
>much more powerful but it was designed much later than BASIC after
>equipment had improved greatly.  By comparing it to BASIC I'm referring
>more to the principle than technicalities.

Hmmm.  If Hypercard is the Mac version of BASIC, what is MS-BASIC for the
Mac?

I don't see that Hypercard is much like BASIC at all:

>Like BASIC, it allows just about anyone to write programs quickly and
>easily.

True...but you don't have to write code to do useful things with Hypercard.
You can set things up visually, so it's even easier than BASIC.  (Try writing
a little graphic appointment book in BASIC sometime.)

>I think though, that with time, the limitations will start showing
>up.

Certainly it has limitations.  But it can go a heck of a long way; and when
you add XCMDs and XFCNs written in C or Pascal (or ???), it goes even farther.

>Will it be that the more you use it the less you like or trust it?
>(Like BASIC)

Eh??  I haven't used BASIC much lately, but I have used it a lot & have
written numerous extensions to it.  What's not to trust?

--David A. Lyons  a.k.a.  DAL Systems
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