meaning of hyperstrict
1. Hyperstrict A function which is hyperstrict in some argument will fully evaluate that argument. To fully evaluate an object, evaluate it to WHNF and if it is a constructed data object e. g. a list or tuple then fully evaluate every component and so on recursively. Thus a hyperstrict function will fail to terminate if its argument or any component or sub-component of its argument fails to terminate i. e. if its argument is not "total". HyperTalk A verbose semicompiled language by Bill Atkinson and Dan Winkler, with loose syntax and high readability. HyperTalk uses HyperCard as an object management system, development environment and interface builder. Programs are organised into "stacks" of "cards", each of which may have "buttons" and "fields". All data storage is in zero-terminated strings in fields, local, or global variables; all data references are through "chunk expressions" of the form: last item of background field "Name List" of card ID 34217. Flow of control is event-driven and uses message-passing among scripts that are attached to stack, background, card, field and button objects. Apple Computer has taken back distribution and maintenance o HyperCard from Claris Corporation ["HyperTalk Language Reference Manual", A-W 1988].
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