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Re: tell app, name in string var
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Re: tell app, name in string var


  • Subject: Re: tell app, name in string var
  • From: tom wible <email@hidden>
  • Date: Sun, 22 May 2011 07:46:57 -0400


On Fri, 20 May 2011 14:56:31 Doug McNutt wrote:

Perhaps the real question is just why the syntax requires quote marks for the application name part of a tell statement.

because in a/s, sometimes a "cigar" isn't just a cigar or a "string";-) without quotes a/s would have to have a compile-time constant for every possible app...
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