Re: processing time & stack overflow
Re: processing time & stack overflow
- Subject: Re: processing time & stack overflow
- From: Timothy Bates <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 13:21:02 +1000
On 8/30/01 12:29 PM, "Shane Stanley" <email@hidden> wrote:
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On 30/8/01 11:55 AM +1000, Timothy Bates, email@hidden, wrote:
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> Compared to almost any other language AS is HOPELESSLY slow
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AppleScript was designed to drive apps to get work done, not for large
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amounts of text manipulation. You're saying a hammer makes a lousy
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screwdriver...
Nope. I am saying "AS would make a fantastic screwdriver as well, if only it
was faster". Solutions are impeded if one must move between languages. Many
_many_ people are using AppleScript not merely to tell Photoshop to run a
"do script", but to actually do work in AppleScript.
I would venture to say that the great majority of posts to this list are
from people trying to do work IN AppleScript: treating it like Hypertalk. If
Apple would revamp the compiler, then we would have a first class hammer and
an excellent screwdriver, all in one. No reason why not. Then the people
who attend this list could get their work done and convince their accountant
to buy more Apple hardware.
Also, it does not matter _why_ AppleScript was designed. What matters is
what we all need now. Dozens of Scripters everyday turn to a different tool
(or often a different platform) because AppleScript is too slow. I do not
believe that "Apple: we never fix things so get used to it." is a successful
business motto. "Apple: making the possible easy and the impossible
possible" is a good business motto, and one which AppleScript could
exemplify if it was faster and played more nicely with the web.
tim