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Re: Address Book->check for existing record before adding
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Re: Address Book->check for existing record before adding


  • Subject: Re: Address Book->check for existing record before adding
  • From: "John W. Baxter" <email@hidden>
  • Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 18:57:54 -0700
  • Envelope-to: email@hidden

On 10/20/2003 6:35, "Arthur Knapp" <email@hidden> wrote:

>> Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2003 14:21:51 -0700
>> Subject: Re: Address Book->check for existing record before adding
>> From: Michelle Steiner <email@hidden>
>
>> Oh, BTW--and i realize this is a small point--you can use "people"
>> instead of "every person"
>
> Look, could we please use "sentient beings?" I see no reason why
> we should exclude our friends from other worlds.... ;-)

Well, you could use "sentient beings" but the script will compile better if
you don't. (It may run better or worse, depending on whether it has errors
in it if compiled with "people"--refusing to run is "better" than running
with wrong results.)

Except perhaps in the galactic dialect of AppleScript.

--John
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