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In Article 970tn505981@longs.LANCE.ColoState.EDU (Todd Nathan) writes: 


>I can't believe it.  What the heck are you talking about.  SuperCard 1.5
>is really good

Well, you are entitled to your opinion. I've had some headaches with
the environment myself. It's difficult to use (in my opinion).
I'm not saying that it is not worthwhile. I just don't enjoy using it. I think
it has a lot of potential, and I'd like to see it do well. I've always had a
high opinion of Silicon Beach software, and I would expect them to make this a
great product. However, in it's current state it's too buggy and awkward for my
purposes. If you have had different results, then I am happy for you, and I'm 
glad you want to let all of us know about it.Maybe I'll change my mind after
working with it for a bit. Who knows? I was not at all happy with having shelled
out for the original SuperCard and then discovering how awkward it was to use.My
initial reaction to SuperCard 1.5 was that it still is not appropriate for most
serious development.
 
>Hey Davvy, have you ever programmed in the alternatives
>(HyperCard, Plus and Authorware).  I have and I own all of them

I have programmed in Hypercard 1.0, HyperCard 2.0, Plus and Supercard
not to mention Think C, Think Pascal, and just about every assembler language
you can name (on many different machines - I've been a software developer for
a long time). I've developed commercial software myself, written several INITs,
cdevs, and Desk accessories for the Mac (all public domain), and written many 
articles for popular magazines. I wrote a disassembler (Memory Tools) using
Hypercard and about 20 external commands. I wrote the chapter in "Tricks of the
HyperCard Masters" on extending HyperCard with externals. I wrote a book on
programming pocket computers in assembly language, I have written a commercially
successful assembler and disassembler for the Tandy 100 laptop computer, and am
currently supported in a HyperCard project funded by the National Science
Foundation. I taught a course in HyperTalk programming at the University of
South Carolina.I am responding to your message using a HyperCard based
Net News Reader/Writer software of my own design.

Personally, I have found HyperCard - particularly Hypercard 2.0 - to be a
^^^^^^^^^^
superior development environment than the others you mention. There is little
missing from HyperCard 2.0 that can't be easily added with appropriate 
externals. I was a little distressed at the format of SuperCard when I first got
it.(Plus as well).
 
>Next time think before you leap, or better yet, just leap.

Please respect other peoples opinions. You are entitled to your
own, but such flaming is totally inappropriate on the net.If you want to get
personal, send me E-Mail. Quite honestly, I'm happy to find some people who have
had positive experiences with Supercard. As I said, I'd like it to become a
successful product. It just doesn't cut it with me right now.

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David Sumner
"If you ask a fish to describe its environment, the last thing it mentions
 is water."