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Re: Finder in processes false ?
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Re: Finder in processes false ?


  • Subject: Re: Finder in processes false ?
  • From: has <email@hidden>
  • Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2005 17:05:29 +0100

Martin Orpen wrote:

> > user_domain.fonts_folder.path
>>
>> and
>>
>> path_to(#fonts_folder, from=#user_domain)
>>
>> Not as pretty, and hard to make any kind of sense of if you don't already
>> understand what all those additional cryptic-looking symbols mean. However, it
>> does have the big advantage that the semantics of each expression are
> > completely explicit [...] no expert knowledge of hundreds of
> > language/osax/application-installed keywords required [...]
>
>Isn't this missing the point of AppleScript?

No, merely pointing out where its weaknesses lie. I thought Chris's Matt-invoking comment came across sounding a little harsh, saying that 'list processes as list' is 'syntactically and semantically well-defined' but 'doesn't do even remotely what you think it does' when a frequent reason for this is that AS syntax and semantics are so complex, obfuscated and ill-defined in the first place. i.e. AS's design actively encourages these mistakes to be made. Also, expecting non-developers to fork out $30 bucks just to be able to whip up a few lines of AS to automate some simple task seems a tad cheeky - introductory tutorials and newbie-friendly explanations of how AS works are something newcomers would reasonably expect Apple to provide for free.

(The rest of your post seem to have misconstrued/missed the point of mine, btw. I was talking about how an explicit syntax provides clear, unambiguous semantics that ease learning and low-level comprehension of existing code; no relation to what you wrote.)

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