Re: AppleScript a miserable and utter failure
Re: AppleScript a miserable and utter failure
- Subject: Re: AppleScript a miserable and utter failure
- From: Simon Forster <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 22:19:47 +0100
On 28 Sep 2005, at 20:33, Gary (Lists) wrote:
AppleScript programmers, unlike Perl programmers, are flat-out
resistant to
using 'libs' or 'mods'.
As the janitor over at 'appleMods.sourceforge.net', I can tell you
that I
receive loads more email telling me "That's cool stuff, but I'd
rather write
my own" than I do asking "Is there a library for handling uploads and
downloads?"
A point reasonably well made.
2. The installer (while a piece of cake) combined with the language of
describing 'appleMods', scares folks off.
A point better made.
Look at pretty much any language and you have syntax not dissimilar
to "include xxx" and suddenfly all "xxx"s sub-routines (methods,
functions, handlers) are available to you. AppleScript will handle
this for you seamlessly - as long as you're using an OSAXen.
Otherwise you've got some convoluted, byzantine mechanism for
including native libraries. Bizarre.
Simon Forster
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