All this really interesting reading and discussion about RR's roots and how exposed they ought to be has left me reeling a bit and perhaps wandering dazedly in a landscape of the past.
In the end, it seems to me that the following statements remain almost undeniably true.
1. RR does have its roots in HyperCard.
2. Sometimes, trying to explain a development environment like RR to someone who either is a "professional programmer" and therefore disdainful of such things, or a complete newcomer to development and ignorant of such things, is eased by the HyperCard analogy. I sometimes tell people who just need a quick summary, "Revolution is like HyperCard in color on steroids, cross-platform."
3. Whether I should drag out HyperCard, blow the dust off of it and try to connect it to RR is a situational thing. If I think it'll help, I do it. If not, I don't.
4. If your programming efforts are carried out in a time or place or manner where the choice of tool is not relevant to anyone but you, choose Revolution and be quiet about it, at least until the user loves what you've done. If someone else dictates your tool, you get to decide how vociferously you want to argue for RR. (I have a very good friend who categorically refuses any programming assignment where he's not free to use Python, e.g.)
I'm using Python, JavaScript and RR exclusively these days. Each has its place in my toolbox and I won't take a project that doesn't either specify one of them or leave the choice to me. But I can afford to do that; I don't depend on programming for my entire income.
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