Get Count of all Files in a Folder

Mac OS X Hints:

As strange as it seems, there is no simple way in the Finder to count all files in a folder, including the files in the subfolders. Some solutions were discussed in an earlier macosxhints article, but there is also a straightforward way to do this using AppleScript.

The script works great! And it is strange that this is not a feature of the Finder, yes?