On May 14, 2009, at 1:22 PM, Jim Bufalini wrote:
Jacque wrote:
I know that HyperCard used it from the beginning, and all reference
books about HC refer to "handlers". I'm surprised Eric didn't know
that,
he was on the HC list forever.
I have no idea. I just know it was an argument. Knowing Eric, it
could have
been that he was aware of it, but just disagreed with its usage
because it
was not an "official" term? I just looked and even in Rev's latest
dictionary it is only used twice and in neither case itself defined.
Eric was too polite to "school" people on a list. So not having to
be polite
with me, maybe I was just his opportunity to air a pet peeve. ;-)
I've just always used the word "handler" since my HC days. If I want
to be more specific I say "function handler" or "message handler". I
just assumed it was commonly used in Transc--, I mean Revolution. The
term handler is all over the place in the User Guide.
Out of curiosity, what did Eric think they should be called?
Devin
Devin Asay
Humanities Technology and Research Support Center
Brigham Young University
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