Re: applescript-users digest, Vol 2 #783 - 16 msgs
Re: applescript-users digest, Vol 2 #783 - 16 msgs
- Subject: Re: applescript-users digest, Vol 2 #783 - 16 msgs
- From: Ed Stockly <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2001 20:14:20 -0700
on 6/19/01 9:49 AM, email@hidden at
email@hidden wrote:
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> That's not just AppleScript...it is performance issues in general.
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I guess so. But AppleScript strikes me as particularly deceptive -- maybe
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it's just the more English-like syntax, subconsciously making one expect
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more easily explicable results.
I don't think it's the syntax. I think it's a factor in any higher level
language.
An AppleScript command triggers an appleEvent that is passed through the
appleEvent manager to be handled by a C or C++ or Java function or object
and then either sent to another handler or function or to the OS where the
work is done by another bit of code.
The efficiency of your appleScript is dependent on the efficiency of each
step along the way. The higher level a language is the more vulnerable a
simple command can be to unseen complexity, regardless of the syntax.
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