I learned to script in HyperCard in 1984, and every bit of programming that I now know stems from the rush I got when I realized that I could tell a computer what to do. I was making little stacks with hyperlinks from buttons and images and text before the World Wide Web was a gleam in Tim Berners-Lee's eye. In fact, it's only quite recently that the web has begun to catch up with the interactive possibilities that lurked beneath the simple exterior of HyperCard.

So I'm pleased to see that SuperCard soldiers on, and that an OS X version is due this summer (perhaps at MacWorld?). SuperTalk is an easy-to-learn language, and a great way for beginners to get a feel for writing applications without having to get down in the syntactical weeds.

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