Many people despise AppleScript, because ... well, it is a horrible language to program in (where "horrible" is as subjective as "best," of course).
No disagreement here. I wrote Genie for a reason. :-)
And that's rarely the case, but in those cases, well, AppleScript would certainly be better. For example, in many cases you can't "attach" a Perl script. You need to use a compiled OSA script. In such a case, AppleScript is certainly better than Perl, since Perl cannot perform that function.
It could if you had a Perl scripting component. :-) For that matter, you could have a shell scripting component. Or, God help you, an MPW Shell scripting component.
My mileage doesn't vary on this issue, in case anyone fancies biting my head off :-)
Mine neither. No biting.
I don't bite... hard... ;-)
Josh
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