On 15/10/01 6:20 am, Matt Denton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Anyone else heard rumors (rumours)? I can't imagine it would touch > Revolution, particularly the breadth of platforms Rev runs on... and > Transcript is *really* miles (kilometers) in front of HyperTalk... > > Anyway you can't believe everything you hear/read, particularly WRT > Apple releases... I can imagine if it is true that the Apple will bring > out a limited extension to HyperTalk and probably stimulate the whole > market, helping RunRev jump up a few pegs with a strong new user base > wanting 'more power' or 'more cross-platform tools' or 'more features'. > I'm sure Apple will bring out a slick interface, probably something > called iTalk and looking like iTunes/iMove etc.
I have heard the rumors too, and unfortunately I'm rather skeptical. However, if it does prove to be true it can only be a good thing for us: no matter what Apple do they won't come close to Revolution, but it will make people more interested in the whole area. > PS Does anyone know where I can find documentation on xTalk? I've > searched the web -- Google etc -- but not much turns up except some > religious group with the X I guess signifying the Cross... any clues? > I'm trying to find the origins of these languages and any help would be > greatly appreciated. "x" just stands for card - simply because you can insert "Hyper", "Super", "Meta", etc. into its place. There is an xTalk mailing list on Yahoo that discusses language additions, though its fairly low traffic. We moved away from this naming convention because we felt the next generation features of Transcript should be marketed for what they are: something new and much more powerful. Regards, Kevin Kevin Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.runrev.com/> Runtime Revolution Limited - Power to the Developer! Tel: +44 (0)131 718 4333. Fax: +44 (0)1639 830 707.
