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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.
