AppleScript a miserable and utter failure
AppleScript a miserable and utter failure
- Subject: AppleScript a miserable and utter failure
- From: Jon Pugh <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 08:02:32 -0700
In their vein of throwing gasoline on a fire, I'll present a critique
of something we've all struggled with for years. Terminology
conflicts. Add in a blog, some incessant barking and a tendency to
make wild statements, and I'm sure we'll have a thread that can last
for years.
"It was a grand and noble idea to create an English-like programming
language, one that would seem approachable and unintimidating to the
common user. But in this regard, AppleScript has proven to be a
miserable and utter failure."
Daring Fireball: The English-Likeness Monster
<http://daringfireball.net/2005/09/englishlikeness_monster>
A colleague, in discussing this, posits that programmers look at
AppleScript and see something that falls into "the uncanny valley".
A monster in human clothing. I think he's onto something.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncanny_Valley>
My take on the fuss is simply that there needs to be a language czar
who ensures that terminology conflicts are fixed. In the current
world, that's us and bug reports. As for a complete and utter
failure, I think it's doing a pretty good job of working despite
that. ;)
Jon
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