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Re:Bill Gates demonstrates Visual Basic (1991) [video] by chrisco255 on Thursday October 19, 2023 @12:05AM (#37938244)
Apple released something similar called HyperCard in 1987: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HyperCard, allowing users to create their own UI.
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Re:Bill Gates demonstrates Visual Basic (1991) [video] by bitwize on Thursday October 19, 2023 @12:18AM (#37938327)
HyperCard was not intended to enable users to change the shell UI. Ruby was, originally.
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Re:Bill Gates demonstrates Visual Basic (1991) [video] by chrisco255 on Thursday October 19, 2023 @03:21AM (#37939565)
What's the fundamental difference? HyperCard apps had minimal chrome and were fully customizable.
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