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Programming language
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 was known as "scripting". HyperTalk scripts resembled written English and used a logical structure similar to that of the Pascal programming language. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: HyperTalkA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: The educator's guide to HyperCard and HyperTalkThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: HyperTalk as an overture to CS1Cited 2 times
- Go sideways: AppleScriptA closely related topic
- Go sideways: SuperTalkA closely related topic
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
📚 Books worth reading
The educator's guide to HyperCard and HyperTalkGeorge H. Culp, G. Morgan Watkins · 1992
HyperTalk programmingDan Shafer · 1988
Hypercard Script Language GuideApple Computer Inc. · 1988- 📕Hyper DictionaryPhilip J. Brown · 1988
HyperCard made easySanders, William B. · 1988
Cooking with HyperTalk 2.0Dan Winkler · 1990- 📕Hypertalk & hypertextA. E. Stanley · 1992
Compute!'s quick & easy guide to HyperCardSteven Anzovin · 1988
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
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