AppleScript is a scripting language created by Apple Inc. that facilitates automated control over scriptable Mac applications. First introduced in System 7, it is currently included in all versions of macOS. Scripts can be compiled into executable applications, and AppleScript's syntax was designed to be understandable by non-programmers, reading as close to natural English-language sentences as reasonably possible.
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First Released ParadigmStructured, procedural, object-oriented and natural language programming 2 SignificanceAppleScript automation was a key factor in the Macintosh retaining its dominant position in publishing and prepress even after competing software was ported to Windows 2 Classification
Typing Discipline Typing Discipline LicenseProprietary (Closed Source) 1 FAQs
What influenced the design of AppleScript?
HyperTalk influenced it.
HyperTalk influenced the design of AppleScript, and its early development happened at Apple. The language was created in 1993.
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1. Wikidata: AppleScript
- Wikidata Q129137, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
- Wikidata Q129137 P571 (inception)
- Wikidata Q129137 P275 (license)
- Wikidata Q129137 P7078 (typing discipline)
View the Source2. AppleScript, Wikipedia
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The language has aspects of structured, procedural, object-oriented and natural language programming, but does not strictly conform to any of these paradigms.
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This was a key factor in retaining the Macintosh's dominant position in publishing and prepress, even after QuarkXpress and other publishing applications were ported to Microsoft Windows.
- In Field: Programming Language Theory, Lead paragraph
In Group: System and Application Automation Languages, Lead
AppleScript is a scripting language created by Apple Inc. that facilitates automated control of Mac applications.
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