"Easy to use"

[Shari]

One of the things that sold me on entering the computer world was the 
ability to create things.  I had absolutely no computer experience or 
knowledge, but a friend convinced me to buy a Mac and told me about 
Hypercard, and I wanted to try it.  The language being virtually the 
same through Hypercard, Metacard and now Revolution, yes..... it is 
easy to use.

Before migrating from Hypercard to Metacard I looked into the 
standard C languages and Pascal.  I bought several C language books 
and the best compiler available.  But in the end, ditched all the C 
stuff and bought Metacard, and now Revolution.  I didn't want to 
learn a new non-English language.  I liked the plain English of this 
language, where the code made sense.

on mouseUp.... highly understandable :-)  Sentences made up of 
non-alpha characters and non-English words did not appeal to me.

Yes, there's a lot to learn.  But compared to the alternatives, it is 
very easy.  Does it still stump me?  Lordy yes!  Do I still get 
gotchas that take days to unravel?  Lordy yes!  But if it were C... 
those days would likely be months.

:-)

Shari


>I suppose it depends upon the audience you are targetting.
>
>Variables shouldn't be a mystery for anyone who's had 7th grade
>algebra.  Thus, yes, an 11 y.o. might well need a bit of on-the-side
>counseling, but a 13 or 14 y.o. theoretically should, with perhaps a
>little support work, grasp the concept.  And, again, here would be the
>ideal opportunity to include little, *meaningful,* proof-of-concept
>stacks to use, reuse, and educate (I must admit I've not had the time
>yet to d/l 2.8, so maybe they're in there, after all).
>
>Rev's claim seems fair enough when compared with just about anything
>else that is comparable (in terms of what can be created with the
>language), no?
>
>As for 'anyone who hasn't used computers before,' well, I suspect that
>they're also not out there looking on the internet for programming
>environments.
>
>Judy


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