>Oh, regarding PDCard - too problems: 1) PD in US english means
>police department. Not my idea of a positive association.
>2) p�d� in french (pronounced PD) is a term for homosexual
>(from pederast). So... i really would like to avoid the term
>(behavioral and social psychologists can puzzle over the links
>between us cops and french homosexuals...)
OK. But does pederast mean homosexual? I'd rather associate it with
pedophile (sounds similar, but I don't know Greek).
>insane if those crackheads (how else can you explain the
>failure of apple in the mid 1990s) at apple did coding for
>HC in 68k assembly...
These are the oldest parts, and made sure HC's graphics are pretty fast
even on older Macs. Of course, if you use AddColor you don't take advantage
of that.
>Regarding the name basicCard, i suggest the name coz HC is a very
>high level language. Plus basic is the first language of many
>programmers. I think a book/stack "from basic to hypertalk"
>could be written. Any way ill ates thinx basic is just fine.
Basic is still very ill regarded among programmers. It's a toy language
for beginners, and as OpenCard is meant to appeal to both beginners and
professionals, I'd speak out against it. Also, it'd be misleading to people
looking for a BASIC dialect.
>I agree, VolksCard implies affordable, mass vehicle... It
>also implies a lot of rather dark history (understatement).
I'm from Germany, no need to tell me, but actually Volkswagen is a pretty
successful company over here (and also in the US) and especially the Beetle
has a huge followership especially in California.
>No, I mean running java applets within HC, i.e. available
>scripting languages thus being HyperTalk, AppleScript, and Java
>(which makes me wonder if it would be possible to import Lingo
>or, um, basic).
Well, I won't write it, but it's surely a possibility to provide an
interface to existing Java VMs. But this will require different code on
each platform.
>But the quick answer is: Yup, triple damages - its draconian. So really do
>Thats why its called "law". So, we really do want to stay away from
>other names - especially registered (though whether all the
>names described are in use is an interesting question). But
>why make headaches? Plenty of unappropriated names... so we
>find one...
OK, good to know.
Cheers,
-- M. Uli Kusterer
------------------------------------------------------------
http://www.weblayout.com/witness
'The Witnesses of TeachText are everywhere...'
--- HELP SAVE HYPERCARD: ---
Details at: http://www.hyperactivesw.com/SaveHC.html
Sign: http://www.giguere.uqam.ca/petition/hcpetition.html
