**Q.U.I.N.N.** @icedquinn@blob.cat · May 03, 2021, 14:16

**Q.U.I.N.N.** @icedquinn@blob.cat · May 03, 2021, 14:16

HyperCard creator Bill Atkinson —who developed the idea after an LSD trip — puts it more simply (in the very awesome video below):

ah yes, the best software is made with drugs

**swiley** @swiley@qoto.org · 2021-05-03T16:23:50Z

swiley @swiley@qoto.org

@icedquinn Well yeah, hypercard breaks a ton of rules and that's probably why Apple killed it too.

**Q.U.I.N.N.** @icedquinn@blob.cat · May 03, 2021, 16:25

**Q.U.I.N.N.** @icedquinn@blob.cat · May 03, 2021, 16:25

Q.U.I.N.N. @icedquinn@blob.cat

@swiley it does?

**swiley** @swiley@qoto.org · May 03, 2021, 16:26

**swiley** @swiley@qoto.org · May 03, 2021, 16:26

swiley @swiley@qoto.org

@icedquinn Yeah, What's the output? Code? Documents?
Is it a programming language? A file format?