Screen vs Page vs Card

[MisterX]

Dear Dar, and other daring scripters

In the name of dynamic scripters, hyper-hurray[3]!

Back in the days of Hypercard when a stack fitted a diskette
or a script had to fit 32Ks limit (!!!), this was a god-sent
option... a bg on this kind of fld is not the kind of cd you
want to deal. In the limit, it's D serious approach to style. 

Allowing more language options is the key to a language which
can evolve and be not be constrained by the lack of foresight
which is the death of any designer.  Setting no limits to the
xtalk is the kind of program you want to get accustomed to in
the first place. It's easier to learn assembly and settle for
transcript than the other way around! If U C it, your R free!

Can you justify that without any abbreviation in your stacks?
BTW I like equally lenghthened variables in all my scripts...
Simile styles are for clarity and any novice manage that!

You sure can't dynamic script in assembly now can you? 

X (w/o limits)


> -----Original Message-----
> From: use-revolution-bounces at lists.runrev.com
> [mailto:use-revolution-bounces at lists.runrev.com]On Behalf Of Dar Scott
> Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2004 18:50
> To: How to use Revolution
> Subject: Re: Screen vs Page vs Card
> 
> 
> 
> On Monday, March 29, 2004, at 06:02 AM, j wrote:
> 
> >
> >> Those who don't know something about programming cling to metaphors 
> >> they understand.
> >
> > Maybe.  So they should be excluded from exploring programming?  That 
> > smacks of elitism.
> 
> Just the opposite.  I never said they should be excluded.  I'm saying 
> that those of us in programming need to understand this.  Blindly, 
> saying that the notion of a card is obvious is elitism.  The right way 
> to look at the card metaphor is only obvious to those who have paid the 
> price of getting up to speed in Hypercard.  As usual in any learning 
> curve, those who have paid the price have forgotten what it was like.
> 
> Dar Scott
> 
> 
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