I learnt Hypercard without a book, and I extended my knowledge, as RR extended xTalk, in the same way:
by doing! Ludwig Wittgenstein said that too many people Philosophise and not enough DO PHILOSOPHY. Now if we all DID Runtime Revolution: i.e. got in there, got our feet wet, realised that (despite a few itches) it really is just about the best cross-platform RAD out there, and used the built-in documentation as well as we are able to . . . We would probably shut-up about the 'awful this and the awful that'. Although I am a mere 43 (I have a feeling Dan Shafer is older) I started computer programming with FORTRAN 4 in 1975 - then BASIC, then PASCAL, ZILOG . . . those who moan (I don't mean the odd 'twitch') and continue to moan about RR's documentation and "lack-of-ease-of-use" ought to try programming with one of those horrible Hollerith card punchers: http://www.fourmilab.ch/documents/univac/cards.html a stack of cards, a Fortran Manual (remember all that stuff about formatting?), and the 2-3 week wait while your cards sat in a queue at one of the few Universities that offered a public service. "Spoilt, spoilt, spoilt . . " says Richmond stumping off puffing his pipe! __________________________________________________ See Mathewson's software at: http://members.maclaunch.com/richmond/default.html _______________________________________ --------------------------------------------------------------- The Think Different Store http://www.thinkdifferentstore.com/ For All Your Mac Gear --------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
