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Re: is delay broken in JSA
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Re: is delay broken in JSA


  • Subject: Re: is delay broken in JSA
  • From: has <email@hidden>
  • Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2014 23:56:30 +0000

> On Dec 15, 2014, at 17:11 , David Steinberg <email@hidden> wrote:
>
> The introduction of the release notes states that delay is a global function.

What it doesn't state is why. I mean, the `delay` command is right there in the dictionary, same place as it's been for the last 20 years. It's just that JXA has randomly decreed it shall reject all requests to use it. (BTW, Deivy, you should also ignore `make` and `count` commands' dictionary definitions as that's rendered worthless too by JXA's insistence on lying to its users.[1])

But then, there is very little clarity, consistency, or plain basic logic to JXA APIs. It's like someone took all the real APIs and just did some Bill Burroughs-style cut up on them just because. These were all solved problems 20 years ago, so why does this AppleScript team keep UNsolving them again?

has

[1] (Protip @David &co: The reason programmers hate AppleScript so much is because it LIES to them; ergo the right solution is almost certainly NOT "Lie Even Harder".)
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