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HyperTalk

HyperTalk is a discontinued high-level, procedural programming language created in 1987 by Dan Winkler and used in conjunction with Apple Computer's HyperCard hypermedia program by Bill Atkinson. Because the main target audience of HyperTalk was beginning programmers, HyperTalk programmers were usually called "authors" and the process of writing programs…

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BASICVariableWeakly typedConcatenatedConditionals
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Descendants of HyperTalk

Tom PittmanMacintosh toolboxBootstrappedOracle Media ObjectsSenseTalk
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ProceduralProgramming languageDan WinklerApple ComputerHyperCard
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Designed by
Dan Winkler
Developer
Apple Computer Inc.
First appeared
1987 (1987)
Paradigm
Procedural, event-driven

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HyperTalk

Nodes71
Edges70
Triples131
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.028169
Components1

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HyperTalk

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related to Descendants of HyperTalk · 47
HyperTalk → After, Appleton, Bill Appleton, Classic Mac OS, CompileIt, Double-XX, Double-XX-Talk, Eggplant, Format Verlag, Furthermore, HyperCard, HyperDA, Linux, LiveCode, Mac OS, Macintosh, MediaTalk, MetaCard, MetaTalk, NeXT-originated HyperSense
related to Extending HyperTalk · 17
HyperTalk → AddColor, Although, ColorizeHC, External Commands, External Functions, HyperCard, HyperTint, Listoid, Macintosh-specific, MegaWindows, Prompt, ShowDialog, Some XCMD, Tabloid, Textoid, XCMDs, XFCNs
related to Referring to containers · 10
HyperTalk → Even, Every, For, ID, In, Likewise, Scripts, This, Thus, Various
related to Collections · 9
HyperTalk → Containers, For, HyperCard, In, Key, Many, These, This, Thushide
related to Objects, containers and scripts · 8
HyperTalk → Arbitrary, Cards, Collectively, Dynamic SQL, HyperCard's, Objects, Scripts, The
related to Controlling HyperCard · 7
HyperTalk → Copy, HyperCard, HyperCard's, New Card, To, Unlike, While HyperTalk
related to Lists and other collections · 6
HyperTalk → For, HyperCard, Such, The, Theitemchunking, Various
related to Forgiving semantics · 5
HyperTalk → Apart, AppleScript, HyperCard, HyperCard's, One
related to Messages and events · 5
HyperTalk → For, GUI, HyperCard, If, Messages
related to Fundamental operations · 3
HyperTalk → BASIC, For, HyperTalk'sputassignment

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language hypercard using could code also card script text scripts container used like scripting would objects programming containers created data

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
HyperTalkDesigned byDan Winkler1.00infobox
HyperTalkDeveloperApple Computer Inc.1.00infobox
HyperTalkFirst appeared1987 (1987)1.00infobox
HyperTalkParadigmProcedural, event-driven1.00infobox
HyperTalkis adiscontinued high-level0.90text
a mouse click on a UI widget.In the late 1980sinstance ofCode execution typically began as a response to an event0.80text
Apple considered using HyperCard's HyperTalk scripting language as the standard language across the companyinstance ofCode execution typically began as a response to an event0.80text
within its classic Mac OS operating systeminstance ofCode execution typically began as a response to an event0.80text
as well as for interprocess communication between Appleinstance ofCode execution typically began as a response to an event0.80text
non-Apple productsinstance ofCode execution typically began as a response to an event0.80text
HyperTalkrelated to CollectionsContainers0.60section
HyperTalkrelated to CollectionsThese0.60section

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