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I miss HyperTalk. It was my first "love" programming language. I agree, HyperTalk was different enough from AppleScript that you could be productive in HyperTal

by hugs 12y ago

I miss HyperTalk. It was my first "love" programming language. I agree, HyperTalk was different enough from AppleScript that you could be productive in HyperTalk, but lost in AppleScript. It might be due to the fact that AppleScript is a general purpose language, but HyperTalk was essentially a limited DSL for interacting with the HyperCard GUI environment. HyperTalk's limited scope was its best and worst feature. I'm still surprised no one's made a small open-source HyperTalk clone. A compile-to-JS-and-run-in-the-browser version would be pretty cool.

robterrell 12y ago
An open source HyperCard clone: https://github.com/jhawcroft/cinsimp/ https://github.com/jhawcroft/cinsimp/ An open source HyperTalk (modernized and improved in many ways) https://github.com/kreativekorp/openxion https://github.com/kreativekorp/openxion I've used OpenXION for shell scripting once or twice, on a lark, and it was a pleasant blast from the past.