Re: Preparing a lecture
Re: Preparing a lecture
- Subject: Re: Preparing a lecture
- From: Paul Berkowitz <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 17:21:06 -0700
I don't think you should agree to give a talk on OS X if you don't know it
or use it, are stuck back in antediluvian OS 7, and can only refer to it -
every time - with a snide nickname. You won't have much in common with your
listeners, nor will you be able to answer their questions. Let someone else
do this one.
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Paul Berkowitz
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From: Doug McNutt <email@hidden>
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Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 17:15:08 -0600
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To: email@hidden
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Cc: email@hidden
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Subject: Preparing a lecture
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In short, I want some suggestions.
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I have been asked to give a talk to a special interest group, the OS neXt SIG,
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of our local Macintosh User's Group in Colorado Springs, subject: AppleScript
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My problems are that:
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1) I don't use OS neXt. I can't because OS neXt will not talk to my
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considerable investment in hand coded data acquisition procedures which still
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use MacOS 7.5.3 maximum on a variety of 68K boxes. I need to talk to them over
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Ethernet using AppleTalk with my G4 and 8500. It's easier to communicate using
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ftp with a real UNIX/LINUX box than with Apple's offering in OS neXt.
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2) I am an expert with Apple's MPW and MacPerl neither of which is available
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on OS neXt. Well - OS neXt does allow the real perl and I like that.
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3) I do use AppleScript but I have, so far, eschewed additions like SMILE and
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other osaxen. I prefer to use only stuff provided by Apple. I have several
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working Applescripts but they tend to be called from MPW toolserver or
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MacPerl. I edit them with MPW.
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4) I am fundamentally biased in that I believe Applescript syntax is a pain in
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the ass. Being accustomed to C, assembler, and, long ago, FORTRAN I like well
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defined reserved words without guessing. I also minimize my AppleScript doing
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as much as I can with MPW and MacPerl scripts.
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My audience will be users, Most have zero programming experience and will not
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understand MPW, C, or perl. I need to teach them about tell blocks and
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scripting dictionaries.
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So. . .
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Can someone provide a previously prepared list of topics which I can use for
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my talk?
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What downloadable data should I recommend as a textbook?
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Any suggestions which will help me to suppress comments I might accidentally
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make about why Applescript is such a PItheA?
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Should I recommend Frontier? I have never used it.
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Applescript syntax is like English spelling:
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Roughly, but not thoroughly, thought through.
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