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AppleScript, for all its faults, handled localization quite impressively. It parsed the whole script into an abstract representation, and could then could displ

by ben509 6y ago

AppleScript, for all its faults, handled localization quite impressively. It parsed the whole script into an abstract representation, and could then could display it in another language as needed.

saagarjha 6y ago
Sadly this feature never got used for making a better frontend to it :(
srtjstjsj 6y ago
But none of those languages was a sane programming language. The vocabulary doesn't matter when the grammar is an incomprehensible pidgin. Apple script is the quintessential Jobsian "form, not function"