Re: on neophytes vs perfectionists (was Re: Tell Blocks Considered Harmful)
Re: on neophytes vs perfectionists (was Re: Tell Blocks Considered Harmful)
- Subject: Re: on neophytes vs perfectionists (was Re: Tell Blocks Considered Harmful)
- From: Tim Mansour <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 10:11:03 +1100
On Friday, December 19, 2008, at 04:32AM, "Doug McNutt" <email@hidden> wrote:
>Figuring out just how to phrase the English text will forever remain
>a PITA ...
>Wouldn't a man page for AppleScript with a whole lot of examples be nice?
Yes it would, but there is lots of stuff out there if you Google it.
Maybe I'm weird but I haven't found AppleScript any harder to master than other languages. Different, but not worse. Much of the practical slogwork of programming for me involves having a good memory for syntax and function parameters ... which affects every language I've programmed in. I still spend time looking up function calls whether I'm in PHP, JavaScript or Bash. But frankly, I find using full English words (albeit with US spellings :-) easier to remember than shell commands.
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Tim Mansour <email@hidden>
Mobile 0405 500 846
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