Re: Preparing a lecture
Re: Preparing a lecture
- Subject: Re: Preparing a lecture
- From: Philip Aker <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2002 01:56:03 -0700
On Wednesday, July 10, 2002, at 05:21 PM, Paul Berkowitz wrote:
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.
I suppose you're right. But I must admit I find using the term
"billy boxes" convenient when really I should be saying
something like "computers which support Microsoft operating
systems". So maybe I should tolerate "OS neXt". However just to
be fair, it seems to me Doug should swallow "McButt" without
complaint.
Best wishes,
Philip Aker
--
Paul Berkowitz
From: Doug McNutt <email@hidden>
Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 17:15:08 -0600
To: email@hidden
Cc: email@hidden
Subject: Preparing a lecture
In short, I want some suggestions.
I have been asked to give a talk to a special interest group,
the OS neXt SIG,
of our local Macintosh User's Group in Colorado Springs,
subject: AppleScript
My problems are that:
1) I don't use OS neXt. I can't because OS neXt will not talk to my
considerable investment in hand coded data acquisition
procedures which still
use MacOS 7.5.3 maximum on a variety of 68K boxes. I need to
talk to them over
Ethernet using AppleTalk with my G4 and 8500. It's easier to
communicate using
ftp with a real UNIX/LINUX box than with Apple's offering in OS neXt.
2) I am an expert with Apple's MPW and MacPerl neither of
which is available
on OS neXt. Well - OS neXt does allow the real perl and I like that.
3) I do use AppleScript but I have, so far, eschewed additions
like SMILE and
other osaxen. I prefer to use only stuff provided by Apple. I
have several
working Applescripts but they tend to be called from MPW toolserver or
MacPerl. I edit them with MPW.
4) I am fundamentally biased in that I believe Applescript
syntax is a pain in
the ass. Being accustomed to C, assembler, and, long ago,
FORTRAN I like well
defined reserved words without guessing. I also minimize my
AppleScript doing
as much as I can with MPW and MacPerl scripts.
My audience will be users, Most have zero programming
experience and will not
understand MPW, C, or perl. I need to teach them about tell
blocks and
scripting dictionaries.
So. . .
Can someone provide a previously prepared list of topics which
I can use for
my talk?
What downloadable data should I recommend as a textbook?
Any suggestions which will help me to suppress comments I
might accidentally
make about why Applescript is such a PItheA?
Should I recommend Frontier? I have never used it.
--
Applescript syntax is like English spelling:
Roughly, but not thoroughly, thought through.
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