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Jonadab the Unsightly One wrote:

> Andrew MacKinnon <andrew_mackinnon_2000@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > use when_on and initial and... so on. I don't know why Graham
> > implemented certain features (e.g. talkable, which NO ONE uses).
> Talkable is handy for some things.  I've used it several times.
> (Okay, not in anything I actually *finished and released*, but
> nevermind that.)  Electronic devices especially.  Telephones,
> microphones, megaphones, ...

Same here.  A couple of experiments with it worked out rather well.  As
advertised, talkable semi-neatly bridges the gap between "thing that
sits there" and "full-fledged creatures."


