Warp escreveu:
> nemesis <nam### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
>> I fail to see the advantage of going bonkers providing multiple versions of the
>> same script to support multiple "native" scrpting environments when there are
>> multiple far better offerings than the native stuff that are both a fast and
>> free download and also multiplatform.
> 
>   You fail to see the advantage? How about you take the script and just
> run it, without having to figure out what else you need to download and
> install before you can run it.

how about clicking on a link right next to the script download instead 
of "figuring it out"?

BTW, I wonder when will OS'es finally automatically download and install 
required interpreters based on file type.  You click on a script and if 
there's no interpreter, the OS informs you of the file type and required 
interpreter and if you want it to fetch, install and then execute the 
script.  Security risk?  Not like you don't have to provide an 
administrative password to install things...

I mean, it's not like python and company are completely unfamiliar to 
desktop OSes.  They've been around for so long, how come there's no 
standardized database of known scripting languages and it's file types...

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