Thousands of cards (Was RE: very strange rev behavior)

[Lynn Fredricks]

Hi Richard,

> But HC made it very convenient to store data on cards, and 
> out of the box provided no way to work with any database at 
> all (SQLite hadn't even been invented yet).
> 
> Bill Atkinson said more than once that "HyperCard is not a 
> database", but the convenience of using it as one encouraged 
> people to do so.

The sample stacks with HC sort of encouraged this though - you had a pretty
usable PIM there as I recall. But along with what you say about SQLite, back
then I don't think it was completely conceivable that one would have
thousands of contacts in a "personal file".


> I believe there are so many benefits in separating code, UI, 
> and content that it's well worth the effort, and the clients 
> for whom I've ported large HC stacks have been pleased with 
> the results Rev offers.

It sure would be nice if someone wrote an updated Runrev: Best Practices
book, or many somebodies wrote chapters of one.

Best regards,

Lynn Fredricks
President
Proactive International, LLC

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