Re:Unix legend Ken Thompson announces he's switching From ma...
by jdminhbg on Sunday March 19, 2023 @02:21PM
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> It seems like you have to buy software to do anything on macos more conveniently.
> Why can't I write a script in python? or a gui script in python? it's the top language.
You definitely don’t need to buy Python, it’s F/OSS and one command away.
Re:Unix legend Ken Thompson announces he's switching From ma...
by m463 on Monday March 20, 2023 @02:25PM
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sorry, yes, I know. they shipped 2.7 for years, but it's not a "first-class language". you can kind of do gui with tk. There's really no scripting language (applescript isn't really what I would call a scripting language, and really just not that good).
It seems like you have to buy software to do anything on macos more conveniently.
Why can't I write a script in python? or a gui script in python? it's the top language.
You can use say swift, but even with "oh we opened it up", it's really an apple-specific language, and it's compiled.
Yes you can get brew going, but that's not apple.
and ios - what a travesty. You don't own your phone. You can't access your filesystem. you have to ask permission to do anything (and they don't grant it for most things)