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A verbose semicompiled language by Bill Atkinson and Dan
Winkler, with loose
syntax and high readability.
HyperTalk uses
HyperCard as an object management system,
development environment and interface builder. Programs are
organised into "stacks" of "cards", each of which may have
"buttons" and "fields". All data storage is in
zero-terminated strings in fields, local, or global variables;
all data references are through "chunk expressions" of the
form:
'last item of background field
"Name List" of card ID 34217'.
among scripts that are attached to stack, background, card,
field and button objects.
HyperCard from
Claris Corporation
["HyperTalk Language Reference Manual", A-W 1988].
(1994-11-17)