Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!think.com!mck-csc! From: pete@csc-sun.mckinsey.com (Peter Gaston) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer Subject: Re: How to write a scripting language Message-ID: Date: 13 Dec 90 21:27:47 GMT References: <1077@babcock.cerc.wvu.wvnet.edu> Sender: @mck-csc.mckinsey.com Organization: McKinsey & Co., Inc., Cambridge, MA Lines: 10 In-reply-to: vrm@blackwater.cerc.wvu.wvnet.edu's message of 13 Dec 90 00:38:09 GMT Start with Lex and Yacc. These are standard unix tools. I have used MacYacc in the past, and MPW has variants as well. After that, it should be pretty application dependent... So when will scripting be available under system 7.0? I see it as a tight race between the single European market ('92) and apple scripts. pete g.