On Fri, 28 Mar 1997, Chris Newman wrote:
On the other hand, I'm not sure we should dismiss human readability
completely. When might be able to find a reasonable compromise where the
script is machine readable, but something that wouldn't be too hard for
the average human to hand edit. I think Applescript is a reasonable
example of this sort of syntax.
I have avoided applescript to this point in my life. Can you give a
syntactic overview of the language?
What I had in mind was prefix-oriented, with a few concessions to my
tendancy to make random typos. I'll try to post it in the next few days,
and I'm sorry I haven't yet gotten it to a point where it is suitable for
public ridicule.
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Tim Showalter
tjs(_at_)andrew(_dot_)cmu(_dot_)edu