CS656@OUACCVMB.BITNET (01/09/88)
Ok, I don't use a Mac very much so this may be a stupid question. Would it rea lly be that good to have Hypercard for the Apple //? Hypercard seems to be the MAC version of Basic. I realize that it is much more powerful but it was design ed much later than Basic after equipment had improved greatly. By comparing it to Basic I'm referring more to the principle than technicalities. Like Basic, it allows just about anyone to write programs quickly and easily. I think thoug h, that with time, the limitations will start showing up. Will it be that the more you use it the less you like or trust it? (Like Basic) Anyway, It's an angle to consider before devoting the time and money to learn it. Bob Church CS656@OUACCVMB
halp@TCGOULD.TN.CORNELL.EDU ("Bruce P. Halpern") (01/09/88)
AppleSoft BASIC is to HYPERCARD as an outline drawing on the wall of a cave is to a parallel processing supercomputer. ****DISCLAMER: My comments, etc., are my own shakey opinions ******** | Bruce P. Halpern Psychology & Neurobiology & Behavior Cornell Ithaca | | ARPA: halp@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu | | BITNET: HALP@CRNLTHRY D57J@CORNELLA D57J@CRNLVAX5 | | PHONE: 607-255-6433 Uris Hall, Cornell U., Ithaca, NY 14853-7601 |
gwyn@brl-smoke.ARPA (Doug Gwyn ) (01/09/88)
In article <8801081243.aa08211@SMOKE.BRL.ARPA> CS656@OUACCVMB.BITNET writes: >Would it really be that good to have Hypercard for the Apple //? From your message, I would think that you aren't really aware of what HyperCard really is and can do! It's an excellent "alternative OS" for graphical access to databases with cross-links and programmed actions, that encourages vendors to provide useful "stacks" of information via CD-ROM and other mass media. It makes traditional ideas about database systems look sick. Spend a few hours under the guidance of a HyperCard guru and you'll probably be sold on the idea.