On Wed, 19 Jan 2000, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> Hypercard handlers are compiled into a tokenized format which is kept in
> memory for immediate execution, rather than interpreting each handler on
> every call. Does Metacard do something similar, or does it interpret
> each handler from scratch on e
Geoff Canyon wrote:
> AppleScript (a built-in scripting language on the Mac) is somewhat
> similar to HyperTalk, etc., in using an english dialect.
Versions of Hypercard after 2.0 also included a language property that
allowed scripts to be written in the language of your choice, provided
you
Geoff Canyon wrote:
>
> On 1/18/00 12:02 AM, Steven D'Aprano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >Richard Gaskin wrote:
> >
> >> With MC's UI taking a backseat to its feature set (the UI
> >> favors the only platform that doesn't like to pay for
> >> software ), the development environment has had
On 1/18/00 12:02 AM, Steven D'Aprano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Richard Gaskin wrote:
>
>> With MC's UI taking a backseat to its feature set (the UI
>> favors the only platform that doesn't like to pay for
>> software ), the development environment has had difficulty
>> garnering the market s
Richard Gaskin wrote:
> With MC's UI taking a backseat to its feature set (the UI
> favors the only platform that doesn't like to pay for
> software ), the development environment has had difficulty
> garnering the market share the interpreter richly deserves.
Its been my experience that 4GLs
Phil Davis wrote:
> (Also, it occurs to me that this content might best belong on the xTalk
> list.
How/where do I subscribe to that list?
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Hi folks,
Richard Gaskin wrote:
>
> on 1/16/00 3:14 PM, David Cramer at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > Since Macromedia scuttled all Authorware development for Macintosh
> > over a year ago, except for some spasmodic support for a Mac player,
> > I have been extremely disillusioned with Macrome
> It's no joke that the MetaCard slogan is "You know...there's an
> easier way to do that."
Amen. And the cool thing is that most of the easier ways I've learned have
come directly from the vendor.
It's been noted before but cannot be overstated: MetaCard's support is
truly best-of-class, and
on 1/16/00 3:14 PM, David Cramer at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Since Macromedia scuttled all Authorware development for Macintosh
> over a year ago, except for some spasmodic support for a Mac player,
> I have been extremely disillusioned with Macromedia's reliability
> generally.
The rumor mill
xibility and risks of MetaCard than the
safe limitations of virtually everything else.
It's no joke that the MetaCard slogan is "You know...there's an
easier way to do that."
In fact, with MetaCard, there are probably several!
Regards,
David
At 10:30 AM -0800 1/16/00, [EMAIL
Geoff,
I've used Director a little bit and Authorware quite a bit, so here's my
perspective:
- For someone who has used Authorware, it is certainly easier to work with
at first than learning a new product such as MetaCard. But if you are
already comfortable with MetaCard, and not with Authorware
Geoff Canyon wrote:
> I have the opportunity to create several multimedia training applications
> for a client. They have seen many resumes from Director and Authorware
> developers, and none from MetaCard developers (I'm the first to bring it
> up).
My primary strength is is Director developome
I have the opportunity to create several multimedia training applications
for a client. They have seen many resumes from Director and Authorware
developers, and none from MetaCard developers (I'm the first to bring it
up). Understandably, they are reluctant to entrust their products to a
less-
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