Well, COM isn't really used anywhere but Win32, and Apple Events are basically Apple's version of out-of-process COM. Yes, it's crappy as a language, and it's also very old. However, switching to COM wouldn't do a damn thing for anyone. COM sucks too -- it's actually worse technically.
Apple Events are actually a lot more like SOAP than COM, but how they should switch to something HTTP based isn't all that clear yet. There's nothing obvious that's 10x better. Obviously it'll tie in with Bonjour, but SOAP isn't exactly a winner. We'll just have to see what happens.
The lead AppleScript engineer has had a totally revamped, rational, OO, "AppleScript 2" (or "AppleScript X" depending on whom you talk to), on the cards for a few years now. He has been prevented from proceeding with it for the time being. None of the AppleScript team will divulge whether this will ever see the light of day - they may not know.
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Paul Berkowitz
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