Re: Re: Highlights of AppleScript 1.5.5 in Mac OS 9.1
Re: Re: Highlights of AppleScript 1.5.5 in Mac OS 9.1
- Subject: Re: Re: Highlights of AppleScript 1.5.5 in Mac OS 9.1
- From: Michelle Steiner <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 11:53:40 -0800
On 1/10/01 10:51 AM, email@hidden <email@hidden> wrote
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As to why they made the choice to use extensions rather than build the
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functionality into the language, I'd say it makes sense to me. The
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AppleScript language itself, in its pure form without OSAX is basically
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logic and programming with no connection to the Mac or the outside world.
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It's repeat loops, if statements, idle handlers, setting, getting,
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ignoring, trying, erroring etc. Osax provide access to the system and the
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mac and the user.
Unless I'm mistaken, this means that AppleScript could easily be ported
to other OS and hardware environments, with only the OSAXen needing to be
completely rewritten.
--Michelle
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