Light and parsimonious are too different things. The HyperCard books
are big because they are fairly exhaustive, but the exposition is
tight with well-chosen yet relatively simple examples that encourage
you to think of other uses for the commands and functions.
Mathematica has made some progress in that the newest version has a
built-in Documentation Centre that provides increasingly technical
material only incrementally. A search for something will give you
just its definition or function and syntax; dig a little more and you
get basic examples; then you can click "reveal" triangles to get
scope, generalizations and extensions, options, applications,
properties, and finally crazy rocket scientist examples. It's a
welcome change to a program that has steep learning curve.
Regards,
Gregory
On Fri, Oct 26, 2007, at 1:00 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
I agree with Gregory. I loved the Hypercard documentation: clear,
well-organized, concise, nice examples. I'm looking at the Hypercard
Script
Language Guide right now. It's 583 pages. I wouldn't call that skimpy.
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Regards,
Howard Bornstein
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On 10/25/07, Stephen Barncard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
The original manuals were more than skimpy.
I think you mean the Winkler and Shafer books.
The original HyperCard manuals are hard to beat for parsimony,
elegance, and darn good writing in my opinion.
Gregory
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stephen barncard
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