Transcript should be called Transcript

[Paul Looney]

Craig,
I agree 100% when  you say:

"HT was saddled with "scripting" instead of "programming" ... to make  
it seem less daunting. On purpose, imagine. This greatly contributed  
to its relegation to being kids stuff. "Hypertalk" alreadysounded  
like a skateboard.

That being the case, why would you want to call the Rev language  
Tran"script"?

Paul Looney

On Aug 13, 2009, at 6:18 AM, DunbarX at aol.com wrote:

> There was a short thread just a little while ago where it was  
> mentioned
> that the name of the language itself was important. That is, in  
> order to be
> taken seriously, to compete with C++ or Fortran, in other words to  
> break away
> from the hobby-like persona of Hypertalk, the name of the language  
> had to
> convey power.
>
> Had to, since it did not appear arcane in structure and syntax, at  
> least be
> named like it was raw machine code.
>
> Forget substance.
>
> HT was saddled with "scripting" instead of "programming" (note my  
> use of
> quoted literals)   to make it seem less daunting. On purpose,  
> imagine. This
> greatly contributed to its relegation to being kids stuff.  
> "Hypertalk" already
> sounded like a skateboard. It was the "Hyper", I guess.
>
> Forget substance. (note the verbosity). Mention fun or elegance at  
> your
> peril; it will not be taken seriously.
>
> Human beings (in my opinion the worst sort of people) probably need  
> the
> language to have a power name. Sort of like a power suit. I spent  
> an evening
> playing Rev with a "real" programmer who never heard of it. He  
> loved it,
> asking me about inheritance and polymorphism. We wrote gadgets ALL  
> night, playing
> especially with expression evaluation, which blew him away. He learned
> fast. Really fast. One convert.
>
> I vote for Transcript. It already exists and is no more homey than  
> Java. It
> is a strong, no-nonsense name.
>
> Craig Newman
>
>
> In a message dated 8/13/09 5:53:11 AM, m.schonewille at economy-x- 
> talk.com
> writes:
>
>
>> I don't know, Sims. I think it was changed into Revolution, but I  
>> have
>> also heard revTalk. Most of the time I speak of Transcript, though.
>>
>
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