Re: OODL: Reaction to Eric's GUI work

[DeRobertis]

At 1:52 PM +0100 on 3/5/00, M. Uli Kusterer wrote:

>>Besides, as far as Unix is concerned, almost everything is a file. Even
>>if stdout goes to a web browser, it's still a file.
>
> We're trying to be cross platform. Besides, explaining a non-seekable file
>is even more awkward than if it's a special keyword like standardOut

Files are not presently seekable in HyperCard -- we don't have to
explain it. And giving a Unix & DOS-specific feature like stdout is
inherently unportable, but we want it to work nice with things on those
platforms which require it.