Apple script and hypercard
Apple script and hypercard
- Subject: Apple script and hypercard
- From: "Dan D." <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2016 09:34:19 -0500 (EST)
The discusssion about the future of apple script reminds me of the fate of
hypercard which came free with macs.
Here is a history of the product:
Apple's Revolutionary HyperCard
http://lowendmac.com/2014/apples-revolutionary-hypercard/
Here is a youtube video from the time and its developer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMFscTOazS0
I loved this product. It allowed one without coding experience to
construct very complicated programs. An underlying script allowed it to
perform very powerful functions and processes.
The video above describes it as an program "erector set" which puts it
perfectly.
There were windows and even a dos "work alike" versions, I used the latter
for many projects.
One connection with apple script is I read long ago that the hypertext
scripting that was available was the parent of apple script.
I will never understand why apple killed it because it allowed someone new
to the mact to easily do individual automation projects of a kkind not
available these days..
When asked at a national if it would be around Jobs assured it would, it
was gone 2 years later.
XB
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