On 25/6/99 1:41 pm M. Uli Kusterer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Kevin,
>
> if we want to broaden knowledge ans distribution of xTalk, we should have
>a formal language spec. Chris Watson once had the idea of adding xTalk to
>Mozilla. If we ever wanted to propose xTalk as an internet standard to the
>W3C we need a spec.
>
>>Unfortunately, we don't currently have the time for a project like this.
>>Too busy writing software ;-) Its a sizeable task, and requires someone
>>with a fair bit of available time. Perhaps someone from the Opencard
>>group would like to do it?
>
> I once started with an HC stack, where I added some of HyperCard's and
>SuperCard's syntax. It even had an HTML export feature. I'm sure it'll get
>updated as features are rolled into OpenCard. Maybe I can add some features
>to it and create SC and MC versions. Then we could use them to steal stuff
>from existing reference stacks if the companies agree.
Well, there certainly isn't a problem using material from MetaCard's
language reference. The main problem in doing this is the massive effort
involved in doing it.
Regards,
Kevin
>Cheers,
>-- M. Uli Kusterer
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