can it do GUIs for shell apps?

Article:		An Introduction to AppleScript on Mac OS X
Subject:		can it do GUIs for shell apps?
Date:		2002-01-29 19:17:07
From:		frankie1969

Something I'd really like to do is make clickable (and possibly drag-droppable) front-ends for Unix shell tools. I know about Wilfredo's DropScript, but I also want the output to appear in a standard text window. Is this (trivial\|workable\|painful\|inconceivable)?