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Re: on neophytes vs perfectionists (was Re: Tell Blocks Considered Harmful)
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Re: on neophytes vs perfectionists (was Re: Tell Blocks Considered Harmful)


  • Subject: Re: on neophytes vs perfectionists (was Re: Tell Blocks Considered Harmful)
  • From: Scott Babcock <email@hidden>
  • Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 14:55:44 -0800
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  • Thread-topic: on neophytes vs perfectionists (was Re: Tell Blocks Considered Harmful)

I use these sorts of libraries all the time. Since the libraries deal with all of the algorithmic complexity and platform differences, the scripts that rely on these libraries are much more compact and portable.

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Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 08:33:21 -0800
From: Paul Scott <email@hidden>
Subject: Re: on neophytes vs perfectionists (was Re: Tell Blocks
        Considered      Harmful)
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On Dec 18, 2008, at 1:41 AM, Chris Page wrote:
> One sort of "scaling" is that you should be able to write libraries
> in AppleScript without resorting to writing a scripting addition or
> a scriptable application. You tend to be stuck putting all the code
> you need into a single, monolithic file and using copy/paste to
> "share" code.

A worthy goal.

Paul

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