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From: Walter Bushell on 17 Mar 2010 11:42
In article <paul.nospam-D31C31.19455327012010(a)pbook.sture.ch>,
Paul Sture <paul.nospam(a)sture.ch> wrote:

> In article <270120100559496115%nospam(a)nospam.invalid>,
> nospam <nospam(a)nospam.invalid> wrote:
>
> > In article <SalmonEgg-5F14B1.02321527012010(a)news60.forteinc.com>,
> > Salmon Egg <SalmonEgg(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> >
> > > What would people here recommend that allow simple data manipulations
> > > but not require much integration of software from multiple sources?
> >
> > how about applescript?
>
> FWIW I tried Applescript and hated it. I'd done COBOL, FORTRAN, BASIC,
> Ada, Pascal and PL/I, and I just couldn't get on with Applescript.
>
> Maybe I should have another go ;-)

For one thing the string handling is pathetic in Applescript. Ruby or
Perl might serve better. Ruby has an extension that will handle the
message passing function of Applescript.

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