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Re: Why is AppleScript compiled?
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Re: Why is AppleScript compiled?


  • Subject: Re: Why is AppleScript compiled?
  • From: Christopher Nebel <email@hidden>
  • Date: Sat, 9 Aug 2003 21:33:43 -0700

On Friday, August 8, 2003, at 12:35 PM, Steve Roy wrote:

Does anyone know why AppleScript is a compiled language? When introducing people to AppleScript, it has happened that someone was surprised that AppleScript is compiled instead of being simply interpreted like shell script or Perl. And when asked the question, I can't figure out why Apple made that choice. Does anyone know?

Everything Jon said is correct. Also, realize that Perl is just as compiled as Applescript is. In fact, depending on your definition of "compile", there's practically no such thing as a truly uncompiled language. Most interpreters turn the original source into some sort of internal form in order to execute it -- AppleScript is no different. It does not, however, "compile" scripts in the sense of turning them into actual machine instructions.


--Chris Nebel
Apple Development Tools
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