AppleScript is like the uncanny valley of programming languages. It tries to be English like but it ends up being more verbose and trying to figure out the right syntax is obtuse.

It’s also been around since the early 90s and was the spiritual successor to HyperTalk - which was much better because it had a smaller domain.

Apple dismantled the original automation team (https://arstechnica.com/civis/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=1359425) years ago.

Workflow is much more modern and is already partially ported to the Mac.