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Is there a way to get this as a precompiled Windows binary? I really want to give this a try, but I'm just sooo lazy and don't want to install OPAM if there's maybe a way around that.
This is cool, but I hope the new Linux Subsystem in Windows 10 will propagate enough that everything can be written in bash
i will never understand why people fetishize that awful language.
I agree its a crappy language, but remember, it's a shell, not a language. It serves a different purpose than being good for pure code, so saying something like " is better than bash" doesn't hold a whole lot of water. It is way better than batch though.
Was hoping the website was a .it domain.
The project hasn't been worked on in over a year also it isn't the language that is much different but the tools. Are you going to write grep on windows? If not the language really doesn't matter.
Looks nice but wouldn't you just use something like Python nowadays?
Looks nice but wouldn't you just use something like Python nowadays?
The "Why not Python/Ruby/Node.js/Lua" section lists 3 reasons the author developed this language...
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i will never understand why people fetishize that awful language.
I think it's your incorrect assumption that bash's popularity is due to it being a "fetish" for anyone. There aren't alternatives that are both better and more available / cross-platform / standard. I agree its a crappy language, but remember, it's a shell, not a language. It serves a different purpose than being good for pure code, so saying something like " is better than bash" doesn't hold a whole lot of water. It…
Looks nice but wouldn't you just use something like Python nowadays?
I love python, but python is not a shell, and it makes an absolutely awful shell replacement. Python is further from a good shell than bash is from being a decent programming language. Some scripts are good, I do use python for some kinds of shell scripts, but most of what I need bash for, python is not a good replacement at all.