Robert Brenstein wrote:
>> While it's scary that Apple still doesn't recognize the strategic value of
>> supporting a 4GL for its OS (Microsoft figured this out long ago, ironically
>> inspired by HyperCard when they made VB -- which was prototyped in SuperCard
>> on a Mac), at least the language lives on -- and better than ever.
>>
>> HyperCard is dead -- long live HyperTalk!
>>
>> --
>> Richard Gaskin
>> Fourth World Media Corporation
>> Multimedia Design and Development for Mac, Windows, UNIX, and the Web
>
> I tend to believe that the survival of HyperCard would do more good
> for MetaCard than its death. As things are, MetaCard is not going to
> take place of HyperCard despite its power, cross-platform
> functionality, etc. The continued existence of HyperCard would make
> the xTalks more common and more acceptable, and create a pool of
> potential MetaCard users among those HC users that grow up to need
> what MetaCard offers.
Precisely why Apple's decision to put HyperCard out to pasture is so scary.
Viewed for the long term, Apple's disregard for delivering a good 4GL should
be recognized as one of the most dangerous blind spots in the company's
troubled history.
--
Richard Gaskin
Fourth World Media Corporation
Multimedia Design and Development for Mac, Windows, UNIX, and the Web
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