Re: compiler stupidity
Re: compiler stupidity
- Subject: Re: compiler stupidity
- From: John W Baxter <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2002 12:10:19 -0700
At 10:19 -0400 9/27/2002, Arthur J. Knapp wrote:
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> Since AS has a "dialect" feature, would it be entirely out of the
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>question to
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> expect Apple to create a "C" dialect, _assuming the language is overhauled
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> soon_?
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>
I don't think the AppleScript dialects ever worked in that sort of way,
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ie: words were replaced with other words, the language was not syntacticaly
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much different, (I am given to understand). In any case, dialects have been
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discontinued.
One of the early dialects (or planned/expected dialects) was (to be) a C
dialect. It didn't last as long as the Japanese and French ones. (It was
much more important for the engineers to be moved so they could contribute
to getting OpenDoc ready to throw away.)
--John of Sarcasm
--
John W. Baxter Port Ludlow, WA, USA
set emptyRecord to {behindTheCurtain: "Pay no attention to the string
behind the curtain!"}
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