Re: [MacPerl] AppleEvents from Perl vs. Perl from Frontier?

[greg wuttke <gregw@petersons.com>]

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I have probably used AppleEvents from MacPerl as much as almost anyone,
and I definitely like it as an alternative to AppleScript.  The big
drawbacks are (1) figuring out exactly how to do the Apple Events (the
cookbook is a big help here) and (2) figuring out how to call what Apple
Events for which app.  I use a combination of Frontier's ae table, the
AppleScript Dictionary info, and the documentation for the app.

But once you get everything figured out, I see little drawback to using
MacPerl for it all.  There is -- I think -- a performance hit on
initialization of your script that AppleScript does not have, but it is
usually not too noticeable, and for me it is a small price to pay for
getting to run everything in the same language.  :-)

--Chris, on location