From: Paul Lutus <nospam@...>
Date: 2006-09-08T03:30:19+09:00
Subject: Re: what can you automate with Ruby?

Chris Finch wrote:

>> If an automation facility exists
> 
> Is there a standard way to find out if an application enables
> automation? or can you suggest a way?
> 
>> if the
>> facility is reasonably flexible
> 
> Could you expand upon this please?

Okay, a decent, flexible automation facility will allow calls using
plain-text arguments. Some proprietary automation facilities require rather
baroque instructions, and a lot of very specific coding (like C-style
structures). My remark appplies to the former case.

What I am saying is Ruby code is at best platform-independent, so it
shouldn't require a native-code section in order to accomplish its goals.

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Paul Lutus
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