At 4:14 PM -0700 on 7/2/99, Alain Farmer wrote:
>Alain : AppleScript is not HyperTalk, but it is considerably easier
>than Perl and C, that's for sure.
Well... to each his own. Depends on the task, in my opinion. I'd never, for
example, do a short AppleEvents thing in C or Perl, nor would I ever do
text processing in AppleScript or (for the most part) C, or UI in Perl or
AppleScript.
>
>Anthony : Check the mailing list archives for my hatred of AppleScript.
>
>Alain : I used to shun AppleScript too, but once you get used to it, it
>becomes evident that AppleScript is far more powerful in scope and
>syntax than HyperTalk.
For certain tasks. But I do a lot of text/data processing, so you can
probably tell why I hate it.
>And, besides, it's current and it has a future,
>while HyperTalk does not.
I thaught we were fixing that deficiency... ?
>
>Anthony : Also, read up on them to find out what's going on. URL:
><http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>
>
>Alain : I was pleased to learn that we have an easy to use mail
>archive. Thanks for the URL.
UFP has one too, as soon as anything happens over there.
>
>Geoff Canyon : What is the status of OpenCard?
>
>Anthony : I'm writing an interpreter, Uli's writing a file system, and
>that's about all.
>
>Alain : I understand your frustation, Anthony, and it is true that I
>have the nasty, overly-optimistic habit of announcing things too
>quickly. BUT ... I don't think that your omission of my work (and the
>work of several other members too) is fair. Let's not make a federal
>case of of it, though.
My appologies. Having not heard of it for a while, it had slipped my mind.
However, yes, Alain is working on a collaboration system and several people
are investigating frameworks. Did I miss anything? But, from a programming
standpoint, the Interpreter and the FS are the most significant.
