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Removed

To whoever added the 'off-side-rule' mention: I've removed that again. HyperTalk has an auto-indent feature, that's all. The actual meaning of the code was determined by actual tokens, like 'then' and 'end if'. It's like Pascal with its BEGIN and END blocks in that regard. Whitespace has no real meaning in HyperTalk (beyond its presence and absence), and was automatically redone by the editor at the start of a line. Uliwitness (talk) 12:32, 20 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I also just removed mention of InData XPress plugins. After perusing their manual (http://ftp.emsoftware.com/doc/InData2UserGuide.pdf), it is obvious that this is not an "unnamed scripting language" unique to these tools. They simply explain how to use AppleScript to control the app and the plugin. On Windows, they use VBScript instead. Uliwitness (talk) 12:35, 3 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Remove HyperScript

I am doubtful about mention of HyperScript. I found http://hyperscript.net, which describes it as a language with C-like syntax. It has line-end semicolons and all that. Can whoever added that clarify why they think this language was in any way related to HyperTalk? Uliwitness (talk) 12:38, 3 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Merge xTalk into HyperTalk

Since the page for xTalk is stubbed, and duplicates information found on the page for HyperTalk, may I suggest merging xTalk into HyperTalk? Ginnrelay (talk) 05:52, 25 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Wrong syntax

Someone edited the syntax examples to no longer be valid HyperTalk. There were now excess "the value of" function calls in front of every object descriptor (even though that *evaluates* the field contents as HyperTalk expressions, so a field containing "5 * 4" would return "20", not the string "5 * 4") and added invalid "the" articles in front of non-ordinal object descriptors. I just verified in HyperCard 2.4 running under OS 9 in SheepShaver that you can't say "the card field 1" and the like. It gives the error message "Can't Understand this." Uliwitness (talk) 14:40, 22 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Collection Proliferation

I'm not too sure about the use of the term "collection" in the latest edits for this article. It seems like an overly clever way of describing things in a recursive fashion that (at least in HyperCard proper) were not recursive. And finally, the concept of iterators in the traditional meaning of the word doesn't exist in HyperTalk, so this is foreign terminology applied in a way that doesn't ring true to me. Can the original author maybe elaborate on their thinking behind this phrasing? Uliwitness (talk) 05:35, 27 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Formality/tone flag removed

Removed the flag after editing the article to incorporate more formal language. Feel free to point out (or make) any additional changes. MaitiuStiofan (talk) 08:53, 5 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]