Started playing around with AppleScript. I was programming in HyperCard 1.2 back in my former Mac life, and I know AppleScript is derived from that, but it appears to have lost a major piece of its soul along the way — or perhaps its just me...

One thing I have discovered... AppleScript is quite annoying when you're starting out. Sure, the English-like syntax is kind of cool, but its semi-formal syntax - the fact you can say "get the 1st word of paragraph 1 of my document" makes the whole thing give me this odd sense of deja vú back to days of the old Infocom adventures...

You are in a dimly lit room. There is a lamp and a book.

> turn on lamp
The lamp is not turned on by you.

> turn the lamp on
You writhe suggestively, but the lamp is not impressed by your weak attempts to turn it on.

> get the book
The book is about astro physics. You don't get it.

> open the book
As you go to open the book, a monstrous Grue jumps out of the darkness and kills you.
You have scored 0 out of 150.

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