I don't see much benefit in coulda, woulda, shoulda. Tcl was so prominent it was actually listed in the HTML 4 reference spec as one of three possible languages which could be used to write dynamic HTML (VBScript, Tcl, Javascript).
https://www.w3.org/TR/html401/interact/scripts.html Tcl being widely-deployed, cross-platform and free didn't lead to it being used within web browsers. Despite all the apparent conditions necessary for success it sank into obscurity. It doesn't mean it's not the best thing for job X, Y, Z, it just means few people are exploiting the benefits it offers. Same for Livecode, IMO. "Men make history, just not on grounds of their own choosing". Regards, Bernard On Sat, Oct 23, 2021 at 10:36 PM Paul McClernan via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > > What seems to come out of your interesting historical observations is > > that HyperCard went "wrong" when people had to start paying for it. > > > > I think it was a series of things that went wrong with HyperCard. > > Interestingly enough WINE (open source) and CodeWeavers (prop.) seem to > > manage to co-exist and help each other successfully. > > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode