Do exercise 1.7 and 1.8 (pp. 181-182) using the "Howard Stone" stack.
The binary-decimal conversion
algorithms are described on pp. 176-177 of the text. makeDecimal
encodes in Hypertalk the algorithm described in Example 1 (p. 176).
If you can describe the procedure in English, you should be able to
script it in HyperTalk.
When you have finished, call one of use over and demonstrate your function.