Re: [MacPerl] unmounting from macperl

[oszarazi@cuug.ab.ca (???)]

On Fri, 6 Dec 1996, Clinton MacDonald wrote:

> >> This sounds more like a job for AppleScript! Try the following script:
> 
> Then oszarazi@cuug.ab.ca wrote:
> >Isn't "AppleScript" an incredibly large Security Hole??
> >The idea of integrating anything in that way seems to be seriously
> >contrary to all models of the Internet.
> 
> Huh? I think I don't quite understand to what you are refering. AppleScript
> is built in to the MacOS System 7.5. 

Think about it.

> AppleScript is a marvelous and robust scripting language for driving
> applications (including the Finder) on your own desktop. Matthias is
> working to incorporate AppleScript into MacPerl for that reason.

To introduce security holes onto people Macintoshii ;-)

>    *JavaScript*...now that might be a security risk, but I think the people
> at Sun (and Netscape) are trying to eliminate those features as rapidly as
> possible.

Colour me doubtful on that count.  If anything they've work towards the
exact opposite.

>    Cheers,
>    Clint
> 
> --
>    Clint MacDonald | <cbbccm2@tthsc6.lubb.ttuhsc.edu>
>    <http://www.grad.ttuhsc.edu/Grad/macdonald/>