RE: alternating tags in a list?

[Andy Dent <dent@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Didier PH Martin wrote:
>there is no real multi-OS technology for scripting. However, whatever the
>reason for, at least for script engines running on Intel provide the same
>Vtbl interface....

>Some systems like MacOS are based on a Pascal
>function call convention.

Just to point out that there is of course an existing object model for
scripting in the Mac, there are multiple scripting languages that conform
to it and most Mac applications are wired for it (far exceeding the
relatively recent COM interfaces published on Windows).  The AppleEvent
interfaces on Mac are extremely accessible to non-programmers and the
ability to tie programs together with scripting is one of the main reasons
for Apple's strong presence in publishing solutions. It has nothing to do
with the Pascal function call interfaces of the low-level Mac API.
Andy Dent BSc MACS AACM, Software Designer, A.D. Software, Western Australia
OOFILE - Database, Reports, Graphs, GUI for c++ on Mac, Unix & Windows
PP2MFC - PowerPlant->MFC portability
http://www.highway1.com.au/adsoftware/crossplatform.html
In SF for Macworld Jan 1st-9th 1999, at the AppMaker stand in DevDepot


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