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Re: Finding Filenames that contain a certain string
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Re: Finding Filenames that contain a certain string


  • Subject: Re: Finding Filenames that contain a certain string
  • From: Philip Aker <email@hidden>
  • Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 09:43:51 -0700

On 2007-07-20, at 06:05:16, Michelle Steiner wrote:

The difference is that "do shell script" involves using a scripting language other than Applescript. In order to use it, you have to know at least one additional scripting language.

True. Begs the question as to what is "pure English" though. That is to say globally, English as a language is more successful than French because it tends to absorb, merge, and bubble-sort to an official dictionary entry by common usage whereas French is governed top-down by a bunch of over-paid stuffed-shirts.


These days, a noticeable language trend is globish <http:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Globish>. And there is a parallel in computer languages. For instance many have an 'exec' function which is a call to another shell command (including other shell enabled languages). Internally, the AppleEvent for 'do shell script' is «event sysoexec».

To my way of thinking, this emergent scripting language globish ("scriptish"), is the most functionality expressed in the most succinct but logically extensible format. It's nature won't be determined by language purists but rather arise from the common usage of polyglots. IOW, shortest distance between two points.


Philip Aker email@hidden

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