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		int_19h 31 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: IDEs we had 30 years ago and lost (2023) CLI is also specific to apps in practice, and I don't see any obvious difference between scripted CLI and scripted (with the likes of Active Scripting or AppleScript, or for that matter Tcl etc) GUI apps.

eikenberry 30 days ago [–]

The difference is that you don't use Active Scripting, AppleScript, TCL, etc. as your primary UI. The shell is a script-able UI.

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