Re: URL Access Redux
Re: URL Access Redux
- Subject: Re: URL Access Redux
- From: Emmanuel <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 23 May 2006 11:48:40 +0200
At 10:49 AM -0700 5/22/06, Roger Howard wrote:
On a tangent, I do think we need some statement from the listmom (or
whomever) about the suitability of do shell script-based solutions
here, as this debate has come up several times recently. I
personally believe this is a perfectly relevant type of solution for
this list, and like any other offered solutions it is up to the
requester to determine if it's appropriate for their needs. I cannot
even count the number of times I've used do shell script where no
other solution worked. I also don't believe that shell commands are,
in the abstract, any more of a stretch to learn for people already
writing scripts, and it's a very powerful facility in OSX that has
enhanced AppleScript in innumerable ways.
The big problem with do shell script is that it is awfully slow. We
publish a page about that at:
<http://www.satimage-software.com/test_05_08/speed_test_result.html>
You can't call hundreds "do shell script" in one script. OMM, "do
shell script" alone is 2/100 s.
Emmanuel
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