On Aug 10, 2006, at 5:39 PM, Dan Shafer wrote:
As a language junkie I'd say xTalks including Transcript are easily
and by
far the most English-like programming languages on the planet.
I was fortunate to be part of the team for Savvy which predated
HyperTalk and shared many of the same commands. That was also before
GUI and mouse, at least before we understood them. Almost every
HyperTalk command that was not GUI related was in Savvy. Savvy used
a form based script editor built around English syntax, and being of
poor memory, I miss that. I need a hint once in a while. Blanks
unfolded as parameters were needed. But, I don't think we can say
Savvy is on the planet anymore. Even so, my mother-in-law still uses
the bookkeeping package I made long ago and some folks are using
emulators to still run Savvy. I think the current owners have lost
the source.
And, to answer your opening question, Runtime Revolution is trying
hard to
get us to call the language Revolution. I'm resisting and I suspect
lots of
other folks are as well. I consider that a silly and ill-advised
terminology
change. But in their official literature, it's now Revolution which
you
program in...er...Revolution.
I can understand both sides of this. When I used LabView people
looked at me funny when I said I programmed in G, so I simply said I
programmed in LabView. I wonder if in the olden days people would
say they programmed in HyperCard to avoid confusion.
I have had trouble explaining Transcript to customers, so now say
Revolution.
Dar Scott
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