One of the xTalk languages not mentioned so far is HyperPad by
BrightbillRoberts with its script language PadTalk.
HyperPad - the first Hypercard clone for the DOS-world - appeared about
one year after Hypercard was released. Unfortunately, HyperPad never
made it to the Windows world and
As one of the Gray-Hairs around these parts -- and someone who has
authored books on both xTalks and Smalltalk as well as coding far too
many lines of both to be considered still sane -- I thought I'd take
a stab at your question.
There is virtually no real connection between the two
and there there was ... localTalk, the wiring protocol over special
cables, then telephone wire.
And wasn't the first Apple network protocol called AppleTalk? Or am
I getting fuzzy here?
I was really confused at first when I read about Wildcard and Hypertalk.
[lol]
sqb
At 2:23 PM -0700
AppleTalk was Apple's (chatty) proprietary protocol which worked over
LocalTalk hardware.
BTW, since SC was an HC descendent, it's no wonder that the language
name was similar.
My recollection from that time and one of Bill's interviews with some
rag was that they couldn't describe HC in any
Hi Jonathan,
Since your questions are related to HyperCard, I cross-post my
reply to the HyperCard list.
As to your question about SmallTalk, there certainly is a
relationship, which isn't revealed by the nature of the
languages. Ted Kaehler was on the original HyperCard team and
also
On May 19, 2005, at 5:12 PM, Mark Schonewille wrote:
Hi Jonathan,
Since your questions are related to HyperCard, I cross-post my
reply to the HyperCard list.
As to your question about SmallTalk, there certainly is a
relationship, which isn't revealed by the nature of the languages.
Ted
