Re: Why is copying a file so hard?
Re: Why is copying a file so hard?
- Subject: Re: Why is copying a file so hard?
- From: Doug McNutt <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2005 13:18:44 -0600
At 11:40 -0700 6/22/05, Christopher Nebel wrote:
>Bear in mind that AppleScript is regarded as a developer tool, not a user tool,
Ah ha.. . .
When was that changed? I really thought it was "English-like" in order to make it usable by the great American user. At least that's what I was told at a WW Developer Conference about the time OS 7 was introduced.
And, if AppleScript is for developers only, why can't we have some less English-like and more C-like but well-defined constructs? Why are the four-character codes consistently hidden in dictionaries?
Why can't I declare a type for a variable, for instance? Developers would NOT mind a prohibition on spaces in names of commands and variables which would greatly simplify both scripting and reading of other's scripts..
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Applescript syntax is like English spelling:
Roughly, but not thoroughly, thought through.
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