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I like the project, but I really don't like applescript. In programming languages, it seems there is a tension between easy-to-write and easy-to-read. And I s
by DigitalJack 10y ago
I like the project, but I really don't like applescript. In programming languages, it seems there is a tension between easy-to-write and easy-to-read. And I suppose a fork in the continuum with easy-to-read-for-novices and easy-to-read-for-programmers.
applescript went overboard on the easy-to-read-for-novices at severe cost to easy-to-write.
- pmarreck 10y agoWhat's hard to read about it? Obviously (to me), those are all event handlers. Not sure why (or if?) you have to define the ones that don't actually do anything, though.
- saghm 10y agoI'm pretty sure he's saying that they made it too easy to read, at the expense of being easy to write (with the premise that these are opposite ends of a spectrum stated above)
- josh64 10y agoFWIW you can use JavaScript now instead of AppleScript.