Re: Stock Quotes using AppleScript
Re: Stock Quotes using AppleScript
Thnaks to all for those clarifications. I'd like to apologize to Simon
and the list for my first mail that was harsh.
On 14 mars 09, at 10:06, Christopher Nebel wrote:
On Mar 12, 2009, at 5:30 PM, email@hidden wrote:
That, or with Smile, since in Smile you can do (100% AppleScript):
readtext "http://download.finance.yahoo.com/d/quotes.csv?s=AAPL,MSFT&f=snl1d1t1cmv
"
Well, not wanting to split hairs, but that's using utility that's
not available on all Macs by default, so it's not really 100%
AppleScript.
I'm not the kind of guy who complains but I'm sick and tired of
this kind of comments and I'm sorry but what you said is simply
stupid or naive (or both, feel free to choose the correct answer).
Simmer down before you sprain something, JB. The basic point is
that Smile isn't part of stock Mac OS X. As you observe, that may
or may not make a difference to a user -- it depends on their needs
and what they're willing to deal with.
The problem here is that Emmanuel and Simon are using different
meanings for "AppleScript": E. means "AppleScript, the syntax", so
Smile counts; S. means "AppleScript, the system component", so it
doesn't. This sort of confusion is why I avoid terms like "100%" or
"pure", and just talk about "stock" vs. "third-party" components --
did they come with the system or not?
That said, stating that a solution relies on third-party software
strikes me as useful, since besides the above, it helps people not
waste time wondering why they can't find it on their system.
--Chris Nebel
AppleScript Engineering
P.S.: To split hairs even further, Smile is not available on *any*
Macs by default. Not that there's anything wrong with that.
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