At 11:35 AM -0700 on 2/15/00, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>(pan in, whirring fan... visual dissolve slow to bottle of whisky and empty
>shot glass... visual effect wipeleft fast... beared grizzled thin ugly (oh kay
>i have faults) vet half passed out on bed
>
>on Saigon
>put "Oh god, i am still in paris."
>ask "do you care" with "Yes" or "NO"
>if it is "NO" then put "I'm not surprised."
>end saigon
>
>STACKS ON THE WEB...
>
>Ok, i read the browser configuration idea and it sounds really cool except for
>one thing, most people are dumb which is why we use point and click technology
Some of us like a command line :)
>(yes, chimpanzees could be trained to use the internet. Scary?)
No. Major achievment.
>
>So when i saw the stacks online i was impressed.
>Unfortunately I did not follow/see/understand the technical details.
The ones I've seen use by configuring HyperCard as a NetScape helper.
Then NS downloads the stack and opens HC to use it.
>Well will a dialect of xTalk ever get real arrays?
Yes. Remember that the person who is writing the Interpreter loves
arrays, both associative and non-associative.