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From: kwallich@hpsmtc1.HP.COM (Ken Wallich)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: Re: HyperCard bug  <- No, it's a feature.
Message-ID: <16310008@hpsmtc1.HP.COM>
Date: 1 Mar 88 22:22:18 GMT
References: <7500@apple.Apple.Com>
Organization: Hewlett Packard, Cupertino
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Stephen Kurtzman writes:

>up in frustration. It is misfeatures such as the unquoted literal that
>can make programming in HyperText a pain.
                              ^^^^
>Dan, since you are upset at the quality of HyperText books on the market,
                                                 ^^^^
>and you admit you are one of the few who knows all the ins-and-outs, please
>tell your marketing people at Apple to hire some technical writers to
>produce a real HyperText manual. With you help, I am sure they can produce
                     ^^^^
>a manual that will meet even your high standards.
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I see:  A soap box
> up
You are on the soap box.

Well, while I'm here (:-),

HyperTALK, not HyperText, is the name of the poorly documented "programming"
language for HyperCard.  HyperText is a phrase coined by Ted Nelson to
refer to the entire 'Hyper' concept of information organization.  Since the
whole of computerdumb is getting HYPER, we must keep our terms straight.

> down
You are no longer on the soap box.

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