Article:		Scripting Mac OS X
Subject:		What about the alternatives?
Date:		2003-11-10 00:30:58
From:		brianl
The author states he knows shell and Perl. He should have at least mentioned the Apple supplied alternatives he doesn't know: Python and Ruby.

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• What about the alternatives?
  2003-11-10 11:27:35  anonymous2 [View]
  
  
  I don't think the author was stating these are the only scripting options or that they are best. Just that they are what he uses and is familar.
• What about the alternatives?
  2003-11-10 13:35:42  jamesreynolds [View]
  
  
  Yes, that is correct. I almost listed the languages in the first paragraph, but decided not to. Philip Rinehart, who shared the presentation with me "Migration to Mac OS X, A Case Study of Higher Education Institutions," uses Python and he likes it. Even though I have never used it, I would like to add it to the side by side comparision of common script tasks that I wrote for AppleScript, Perl, and shell. I think comparing one language that you know to a new one is a way good way to start learning a new language.