Hypercard was an outstanding piece of software. I used to know it's scripting language top to bottom back in the day. It is a shame we never saw a real evolution of Hypercard. Hyperstudio tried, however both were mostly limited to Mac releases. Powerpoint obviously does not compare.

I got my start programming before Hypercard, however Hypercard made it even more fun. It is likely a large reason I am a professional developer today. You could build stuff to do things with minimal to no code and if you add a bit of code? Magic happens. Absolute Magic.

I don't know, maybe it is just me. I've used ASM, C, C++, and a bazillion other languages, yet I always find myself coming back to the simple stuff to get things done.