My first Hypercard app was for a radio ministry. It tracked call in respons= es to promotions we aired so we could see what stations were effective. Eve= ntually it had a weighted formula for calculating cost vs. income for airin= g on each radio station. It even cut checks!=20
Bob S > On Jun 9, 2025, at 10:11 AM, Jeff Reynolds via use-livecode <use-livecode= @lists.runrev.com> wrote: >=20 > Very sorry to hear that. HC turned a hobby and research aid in grad schoo= l i=3D > nto being the nucleus to bring together a number of hats into a career fo= r 3=3D > 5 years. Certainly gave me a new and interesting path in life when I deci= ded=3D > not to be a prof after post doc. I was able to use HC for some projects e= ve=3D > ryone said would require C programming and way more time and effort than = it e=3D > nded up taking with HC (PC side ended up that way though!). That then lea= d t=3D > o MetaCard.=3D20 >=20 > All this stuff rests on Bill=3DE2=3D80=3D99s shoulders and neurons. Only = met him o=3D > nce, but was a very sweet chap to me when he didn't have to be. Same sort= of=3D > spirit bubbled out of HC and thus the community that formed around it and= l=3D > ater MetaCard and LiveCode. Nice legacy. >=20 > Cheers >=20 > Jeff=3D20=3D >=20 >=20 > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscript= ion preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
