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Re:The code that controls our money by perl4ever on Thursday September 09, 2021 @12:10AM (#28466111)
I never had much interest in COBOL, but I really liked Hypertalk's pseudo-english code and sometimes wish it had more influence.
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Re:The code that controls our money by Eliezer on Thursday September 09, 2021 @02:21AM (#28466889)
I learned to program in hypertalk as a kid, and I am so glad that it never took off.
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Re:The code that controls our money by neonate on Thursday September 09, 2021 @02:14PM (#28472806)
Why are you glad that it never took off? That's the opposite of what we usually hear from former Hypercard users...
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Re:The code that controls our money by perl4ever on Thursday September 09, 2021 @08:12PM (#28476271)
I mean, it did take off, it just petered out after Jobs returned to Apple.

"HyperCard was created by Bill Atkinson following an LSD trip."

"HyperCard had a significant impact on the web as it inspired the creation of both HTTP (through its influence on Tim Berners-Lee's colleague Robert Cailliau), and JavaScript (whose creator, Brendan Eich, was inspired by HyperTalk)"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HyperCard

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