People who think AppleScript is horrible probably aren't familiar with HyperCard, whose scripting language had a similar syntax. But when AppleScript was introd

People who think AppleScript is horrible probably aren't familiar with HyperCard, whose scripting language had a similar syntax. But when AppleScript was introduced in the 1990s, it was a reasonable assumption that most people wanting to use it were HyperCard users. Personally, I think languages that actually try something new are more interesting than yet another C/Java clone with only minor syntax differences.