Power Status (was Re: Because LC can't do two things at once.)

Dr. Hawkins dochawk at gmail.com
Sat Mar 7 11:41:00 EST 2015


On Sat, Mar 7, 2015 at 8:33 AM, Peter M. Brigham <pmbrig at gmail.com> wrote:

> Good point. I guess this never occurred to me because I never do "get …",
> I always do "put … into varName". The "it" variable is somewhat ephemeral
> if you're not careful. Even with an "ask …" I always follow it with a "put
> it into varName" before proceeding, so I don't overwrite "it" later
> inadvertently.
>

"it" has made me nervous since HyperCard 1.0 . . .   clever, but seems to
be looking for a way to blow off my foot . . .


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