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chsmith

revolution vs. spueak

I just ran into Revolution http://www.runrev.com/.

I was wondering how it compares to squeak? It seems a lot like squeak and easy for beginners. Can some one point out the differences for me? I know spueak is more powerful but for an absolute beginner would Revolution be better? And them room over to squeak after having success in building a few applications?

Chuck

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Edgar J. De Cleene

Re: revolution vs. spueak

El 1/28/07 4:38 PM, "Chuck Smith" <[hidden email]> escribió:

> I just ran into Revolution http://www.runrev.com/.
>
> I was wondering how it compares to squeak? It seems a lot like squeak and easy
> for beginners. Can some one point out the differences for me? I know spueak
> is more powerful but for an absolute beginner would Revolution be better? And
> them room over to squeak after having success in building a few applications?
>
Revolution is Hypercard.
And Hypercard is easier , yes, but less powerful.
What you like to do ?
Ask and someone here could help.

Edgar

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tblanchard

Re: revolution vs. spueak

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Revolution is basically Hypercard with color and cross platform runtimes. Remember Hypercard? I myself am a recovering stack head and for awhile before I really learned programming, I did almost everything in HC. HC is inspired by Smalltalk to a large degree and a number of classic patterns like chain of command are wired into HC's DNA.

The thing about it is you hit the wall in about a year because there is no way to create completely new kinds of objects. But it is really easy to get started as the language is probably the most english-like programming language ever created.

So I'd say the barrier to entry is lower - but the depth isn't there either.

-Todd Blanchard

On Jan 28, 2007, at 11:38 AM, Chuck Smith wrote:

I just ran into Revolution http://www.runrev.com/.

I was wondering how it compares to squeak? It seems a lot like squeak and easy for beginners. Can some one point out the differences for me? I know spueak is more powerful but for an absolute beginner would Revolution be better? And them room over to squeak after having success in building a few applications?

Chuck
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