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Re: [OT] AppleScript scripts versus Shell scripts
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Re: [OT] AppleScript scripts versus Shell scripts


  • Subject: Re: [OT] AppleScript scripts versus Shell scripts
  • From: Philippe GRUCHET <email@hidden>
  • Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2003 02:31:07 +0100

I wrote:

I'd like to know what is the observed difference in speed when using an AppleScript script and the same in Shell language?

Thank you very much for all your feedbacks about this issue.

Many of you said that AppleScript language is not so well-documented than Perl language.
That's right, we can find many books about Perl. (On the web too.)
However, there is no documentation, no example, no tutorial about Perl in the Apple Developer Tools, nor on the Apple website.
And Perl is not so easy to understand cause of its unusual and very compact syntax.

So, the 'do shell script' command appears as a powerful feature for Unix and Linux 'PerlScripters', but rather opaque and hermetic for 'AppleScripters'.

Question to the Apple dev' team: do you plan to include documentation about Perl for the AppleScript 'do shell script' command?


Kind regards,
Philippe Gruchet/SVM Mac
VNU Publications France
http://svmmac.vnunet.fr
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