sdl@linus.mitre.org (Steven D. Litvinchouk) (11/19/90)
At an OOPSLA a couple of years ago, Apple Computer demoed a prototype
called "HyperClass". HyperClass was an extension of HyperCard, in
that it replaced the "background card" concept with "card classes" and
inheritance. That is, if you defined a "card class" to have certain
fields and buttons on it, you could then define a "card subclass"
which inherited those fields and buttons (and could have new ones
of its own defined as well). There was even a browser for card
classes. This was written almost entirely in HyperTalk, as I recall.
However, I never heard anything more about HyperClass since then.
Does anyone know what happened to it? Is Apple still sitting on it,
or releasing it as a product, or as PD, or what? Also, has anyone
else ever implemented anything comparable in HyperCard, SuperCard, or
whatever?
Steven Litvintchouk
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Steven Litvintchouk
MITRE Corporation
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Bedford, MA 01730
(617)271-7753
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"Where does he get those wonderful toys?"