The future of LiveCode

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I have a handful of copies of "HyperTalk..."


I was worried I might run out of them.


But it is Goodman that is needed, not Winkler, et al.


The LC dictionary does a creditable job of presenting the language. It might be greatly improved, as some have mentioned, if more and larger examples were given.


But the "Handbook" introduces and details structure, and that is what is needed for a beginner. I think such a thing could be a tenth the size of Goodman, though framed in the same way, and with no attempt to be complete. Just an introductory gadget that would leave a newbie with the ability to make a decent address book, say, with ease and confidence. After that, perusing the dictionary and learning advanced techniques would lay well with their comfort zone.


Craig Newman



-----Original Message-----
From: Peter M. Brigham <pmbrig at gmail.com>
To: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>
Sent: Sat, Jul 21, 2012 10:07 am
Subject: Re: The future of LiveCode


I saw "HyperTalk -- The Book" in a bookstore [remember bookstores?] when I was 
saving up to get my first mac and bought it right away. I read it over one 
summer before I even had a computer, and when I finally got the machine I was 
off and running. Hypercard became my major tool from the get-go. I ended up 
turning the Hypercard FAQ into a searchable stack, which had some circulation 
for a while in the HC community. That exercise started me learning text parsing, 
as I had it set up to automagically take Peter Fleck's latest FAQ update and 
import it and have it sorted into cards with the proper formatting. I'd have the 
updated version of the stack ready within 15 minutes of his new release. Ah, the 
old days….

-- Peter

Peter M. Brigham
pmbrig at gmail.com
http://home.comcast.net/~pmbrig

On Jul 20, 2012, at 8:29 PM, Tim Selander wrote:

> Yes, a fantastic book that really unlocked HC for me. It is the best computer 
book I have ever read!
> 
> Tim Selander
> Tokyo, Japan
> 
> On 7/21/12 1:28 AM, Jim Hurley wrote:
>> Professor Goldberg,
>> 
>> A bit daunting because of its size, but I learned HyperTalk from the truly 
wonderful book:  "HyperTalk The Book." By Winkler and Kamins, and later, our 
own, Jean DeVoto, who did the original RunRev dictionary.
>> 
>> I am a strong believer in learning from examples--after the basic theory.
>> 
>> Jim Hurley
>> Emeritus Professor of Physics, Univ. of California
> 
> 
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