Re: Do shell script and special characters
Re: Do shell script and special characters
- Subject: Re: Do shell script and special characters
- From: "Arthur J. Knapp" <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2002 13:14:11 -0400
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Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 20:04:50 +0100
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From: has <email@hidden>
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Subject: Re: Do shell script and special characters
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>> And I wish, for that among other reasons, that a binary block data
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>> type should finally be invented for AppleScript, which should allow
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>> for conversions from mere bytes into various other data formats (e.g.
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>> string encodings) and back. Then AppleScript could finally become a
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>> hub, where software of different cultural backgrounds neatly finds
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>> together.
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Arthur J. Knapp wrote:
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> Yes, yes, yes. This would be a wonderful addition to the language.
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No, no, no. Call me old-fashioned,
You're old fashion.
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... but I _like_ my high-level languages to
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be HIGH-LEVEL and my low-level languages to be LOW-LEVEL. Sticking
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low-level features into a high-level language feels like taking a perfectly
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good hammer and sharpening the other end so you can also use it as a
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screwdriver. All you end up with is a mutilated hammer and a lousy
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screwdriver. Ugh.
I should have pointed out that I envisioned the memory block data type as
as an always available means of making up for things that we are waiting
for. For instance, we need the AppleScript team to give us better ways to
work with textual systems, ie: Unicode. While we are *waiting* for yet
another update to fix yet more bugs, it would be nice for advanced users
to have the means of creating their own temporary solutions.
A good example is the problem many of us are encountering with Unicode
text. Many, (and I do mean many), applications simply do not *yet*
recognise Unicode. Eventually all Mac apps will handle Unicode as a matter
of course, but currently they do not. That is why it would be nice to have
an "as plain text" coercion. The AppleScript team would like to believe that
it is simply better to wait for everybody to catch up, but I would like
to create solutions that work right now.
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... All you end up with is a mutilated hammer and a lousy
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screwdriver.
When you don't have the right tool for the right job, you can either wait
until someone gives you the tool you need, or you can create you're own
and get to work.
{ Arthur J. Knapp, of <
http://www.STELLARViSIONs.com>
a r t h u r @ s t e l l a r v i s i o n s . c o m
}
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