[OS X TeX] decimal numbers in Applescript

[Claus Gerhardt]

Could someone with an American number format in the OS, please check, 
if the result of the Applescript command

set x to "0,5" as number
x

gives x=0.5

On my system it does, even after  switching  to an American format, 
though I am suspicious that I would first have to restart Applescript, 
before the change will become effective, but which I would like to 
avoid.

Applescript refuses to make the string "0.5" into a number.

Thanks,
Claus

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