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- Title
A Cautious Hurrah.
- Authors
Gerson, Elihu M.
- Abstract
The article focuses on computing in qualitative sociology. Recently, Apple Computer Inc. has released a program called Hypercard, which is now being bundled with all new Macintoshs sold. Hypercard incorporates much of the computer science. Hypercard consists of a set of stacks, which are analogous to decks of 3 by 5 index cards. Each card can contain a number of fields, which allow to organize data in various ways. Cards may also have graphics, and the program has an excellent paint facility built in. Finally, there are buttons, which allow to trigger a sequence of actions by clicking at a designated point on the card image. Programs can be arbitrarily complex, triggering anything from simply moving to the next card in the sequence, to an interactive session in which new programs are specified, created, and executed. Buttons can be associated with individual cards, with types of cards, with stacks, or with the system as a whole. These facilities provide Hypercard with all the advantages of a true, if limited, object-oriented programming language.
- Subjects
COMPUTER systems; SOCIOLOGY; APPLE Computer Inc.; MACINTOSH (Computer); GRAPHIC arts; PROGRAMMING languages
- Publication
Qualitative Sociology, 1988, Vol 11, Issue 3, p252
- ISSN
0162-0436
- Publication type
Article