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Brent Simmons’ Macintosh scripting weblog.
Friday, October 12, 2001
The Fink project ("Unix software for your Mac") has ported several languages to OS X, including Python and Ruby.
6:54:45 PM
ScriptGUI runs shell scripts from the Finder. "Long-time UNIX users like me have been frustrated by the fact that there's no simple way to make a double-clickable shell script."
3:01:46 PM
Late Night Software's JavaScript OSA 1.0.1 for Classic and OS X is shipping. "If you find AppleScript difficult to learn or you already know JavaScript from programming the Web, JavaScript OSA provides an alternative to AppleScript for controlling your Macintosh." (Thanks to Dori Smith of Backup Brain for the link.)
2:48:03 PM
Apple: Perl on OS X. "Scripting enthusiasts were thrilled to learn that Mac OS X ships with Perl 5.6 as part of the default install... it's not hard at all to get rolling with Mac OS X as a Perl-powered Web server."
2:45:33 PM
AppleScript Studio, available later this year, "gives you all the tools you need to create elegant and powerful Mac OS X applications written entirely in AppleScript."
2:20:31 PM
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