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From: alibaba@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (73539000)

Date: 1 Mar 88 05:07:49 GMT

Very few people can answer your question. Those that can, are not permitted to
do so. Dan Winkler wrote HyperTalk, and can be found here frequently. As far
as answering your question, there are two answers:

1) HyperTalk is a religion, not a programming language. I have seen the light!!

2) HyperTalk treats all variables as strings, and uses clever algorithms to
use the most efficient storage in memory, picking Boolean, short, long, and
such as it sees fit. The whole thing is interpreted, and the language can be
extended thru XCMDs and XFCNs.

All in all, HyperTalk is a wonder of language design, and the rumor goes that
Dan surprised his old Harvard professors with his abilities, after they always
said, "It can't be done."



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