Think Retro: How HyperCard inspired a generation of future developers

Re:Think Retro: How HyperCard inspired a generation of futur... by Retra on Friday January 16, 2015 @02:06PM (#8900939)

I'm confused. How do spreadsheets require programming in assembly in a way that's different from other software?

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Re:Think Retro: How HyperCard inspired a generation of futur... by brudgers on Friday January 16, 2015 @03:00PM (#8901293)

Using formulas in a spreadsheet is like assembly language programming: explicit memory addressing, jump as the primary control structure, etc. It's all place based. The nice library of subroutines doesn't change how low level the design of a spreadsheet has to be.

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Re:Think Retro: How HyperCard inspired a generation of futur... by Retra on Friday January 16, 2015 @03:32PM (#8901490)

Ok, that makes sense. It may not be a very clean analogy, but I see what it is getting at.

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