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From: 8hum190@violet.berkeley.edu

Date: 6 Mar 88 08:08:41 GMT

>On a related note, I would like to see required declarations for all
>variables (global variables have to be declared, I just want to extend
>that to local variables as well).  The script could be checked for
>consistency when OK is clicked.

I just want to put my vote in for *not* requiring declarations of all variables.
While I can see reasons for wanting to do this, I have to say that one thing
(among many) which makes HyperTalk accessible to "the rest of us" is the
ability to grab a new variable at a moment's notice and use it in a script.
Top-down programming is fine (nay, necessary) for major projects which are
done all at once, but bottom-up is more in the spirit of an "erector set
for applications".



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