General critique of Swift Playgrounds' general goal: "HyperCard didn’t dumb down; it simplified up" http://arstechnica.com/apple/2016/07/apple-swift-playgrounds-not-hypercard/ …
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Replying to @BrianTRice
Unlike HyperCard though, playgrounds has a full programming language, not a simplified procedural pseudo-English syntax
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Replying to @slava_pestov @BrianTRice
the state of “full programming” is an embarrassment. HyperTalk knew what it was and wasn’t about.
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Replying to @peidran @BrianTRice
I cut my teeth on HyperCard. It was amazing at first, but eventually disappointing, I recall thinking "that's it?"
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Replying to @slava_pestov @peidran
What's wrong with that? Good for you to zoom past, but plenty have other focuses and Hypercard fit the remainder.
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Replying to @BrianTRice @peidran
I just don't think it's useful to get caught up in false nostalgia
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Replying to @slava_pestov @BrianTRice
Those are good points, and I don’t think we’re arguing for bringing back HyperCard.
11:07 PM - 18 Jul 2016
from Montlake, Seattle
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