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Re:Unix legend Ken Thompson announces he's switching From ma... by jdminhbg on Sunday March 19, 2023 @02:21PM (#35221926)
> 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.

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Re:Unix legend Ken Thompson announces he's switching From ma... by m463 on Monday March 20, 2023 @02:25PM (#35236251)
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).
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