clayton@thumper.bellcore.com (R. Clayton) (08/16/89)
If I want to translate the C string
"And I said \"Is that so?\""
into a HyperCard string, do I really end up with
"And I said " & quote & "Is that so?" & quote
or did I missing something in the HyperTalk manual?
R. Clayton
clayton@thumper.bellcore.com
{rutgers!}bellcore!thumper!claytonjkc@apple.com (John Kevin Calhoun) (12/23/90)
I guess I opened up a can of worms. In article <47429@apple.Apple.COM>, I write: > I don't know what future plans Claris has for HyperCard. In article <2587@cod.NOSC.MIL> lalor@cod.NOSC.MIL (Joe Lalor) writes: >I am getting REALLY worried about the future of HyperCard when Kevin >responds that he doesn't "know what future plans Claris has for >HyperCard." This tells me that the some of the Apple genius that >made HyperCard such a wonderful product did not transfer over to >Claris when HyperCard did. HyperCard has netted the company I work >for (SAIC in San Diego) well over a $1 million since its inception >in government contracts to develop stand alones as well as front >ends to large programs and I sense that all of this business >could be jeopardized because of HyperCard being transferred to Claris. > >Say it ain't so, Kevin, say it ain't so.... In article <2183@sirius.ucs.adelaide.edu.au> anthony@chook.adelaide.edu.au (Anthony Dunstan) writes: >Does this mean that your accumulated HC knowledge and expertise >goes out the window? >[...] what implications does this have w.r.t. future HC rewrites/upgrades? >It would be such a waste to have to "start again" on HC 3.0 >without you and your fellow Engineer's expertise. In article <45Ncu1w163w@tosh.UUCP> tosh!starta@asuvax.eas.asu.edu (John Starta) writes, in response to Joe Lalor: >Why are you worried? I know of very few companies that are willing to talk >about unreleased products. Claris is no exception. I really don't see how >you can read this as the genius spirit behind HyperCard didn't transfer over >to Claris. The two are unrelated entirely, not to mention untrue! In article <8bPaaIO00UhW42DqNp@andrew.cmu.edu> ba0k+@andrew.cmu.edu (Brian Patrick Arnold) writes: >Do you honestly think Claris would take over HyperCard support and bring >in the HyperCard team if Claris *didn't* have future plans for >HyperCard? Well, I'm not surprised that there's some confusion about all this. But, as you can tell from my signature, I'm not at Claris. Here's what's actually happening: Although Claris is now in charge of the marketing and distribution of HyperCard, the development team that produced HyperCard 2.0 is still at Apple and still working on HyperCard. We'll continue until the next release is complete, at about the time System 7.0 ships. This is the best way, we think, to make sure that we'll have a version of HyperCard that's compatible with System 7.0 ready at the right time. (Please note that I didn't say that HyperCard 2.0 won't work with System 7.0.) After that, we'll turn HyperCard over to Bill Duvall, the new director of HyperCard development at Claris. I'm sure that he and his new team, which he is in the process of assembling, will do great things. Kevin Calhoun HyperCard Team Apple Computer, Inc.