But at the same time, we made it harder for the programmers to
create Macintosh applications. It really takes not only a
professional programmer, but also someone who has spent a year
or so learning the Inside Macintosh handbook to understand how
to use all the Toolkit features, the graphics, the menus, etc.
So the Macintosh dream wasn’t really complete because the
individuals couldn’t get all the power of the personal computer.
They could only use canned pieces of power.  HyperCard, acting
like a software erector set, really opens up Macintosh software
architecture to where individual people can make their own
customized information environment, and interactive information
and applications without having to know any programming
language. Bill Atkinson, interview publiée dans le magazine
Known Users, novembre 1987. Un des plus grands développeurs de
l’histoire de l’informatique déclare que le logiciel, ça n’est
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