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How the Mac didn’t bring programming to the people

by @howardnoakley eclecticlight.co published 2023-09-16

HyperTalk, AppleScript, Prograph, Automator, Swift Playgrounds and Shortcuts – all wonderful tools in their day, but none has brought coding to the crowd.

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