http://www.elharo.com/blog/software-development/2008/05/14/reverse-mystery-bugs/ Ranting and Raving Sun, 12 Oct 2008 21:59:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://www.elharo.com/blog/software-development/2008/05/14/reverse-mystery-bugs/#comment-372906 Miles O'Brien Wed, 14 May 2008 18:14:44 +0000 http://www.elharo.com/blog/?p=1001166#comment-372906 Here's <a href="http://www.rubyinside.com/ruby-as-an-applescript-replacement-811.html" rel="nofollow">an article</a> about using Ruby instead of Applescript. Here’s an article about using Ruby instead of Applescript.

]]> http://www.elharo.com/blog/software-development/2008/05/14/reverse-mystery-bugs/#comment-372728 J Donald Wed, 14 May 2008 13:53:57 +0000 http://www.elharo.com/blog/?p=1001166#comment-372728 By combining text and binary, AppleScript violates the law of Least Surprise. It's got some cool ideas, but it's as proprietary as VBScript for Applications. Not that we shouldn't innovate and try new things, but personally, I prefer to use good old-fashioned, non-cutting-edge Perl. Works on Mac, works on Linux, works on Windows, works on Solaris, etc. By combining text and binary, AppleScript violates the law of Least Surprise. It’s got some cool ideas, but it’s as proprietary as VBScript for Applications. Not that we shouldn’t innovate and try new things, but personally, I prefer to use good old-fashioned, non-cutting-edge Perl. Works on Mac, works on Linux, works on Windows, works on Solaris, etc.

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