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: Paul Scott <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 15:41:26 -0800
On Dec 18, 2008, at 3:11 PM, Tim Mansour wrote:
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.
When I look up a C function or a Java class or what-have-you in the
documentation, I get what I need, code it, and it works. With
AppleScript, I'm forced to dig through the Web to find examples that
look like what I want, use my 30+ years of expertise in programming to
make a best guess on how to apply the example to my situation, code
it, and then it fails. The reasons vary greatly. I then spend the next
half-hour (hyperbole) twiddling until it works. That makes it hard to
master. Mainly, I suspect, because frustration engenders resistance.
Paul
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