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One of the most important things for tinkerability of an OS is the shell. IMO bash has dropped the ball in the last 20 years. It's a poor programming language e
by ale22 7y ago
One of the most important things for tinkerability of an OS is the shell.
IMO bash has dropped the ball in the last 20 years. It's a poor programming language experience. I think we should replace bash with node.js Javascript shell, that will bring back LISP style computers back in vogue.
- lawik 7y agoOh. This is a thing I've never felt. If python had better facilities for running other commands, that'd be an option for me. But I think bash has a very interesting set of conveniences and trade-offs. If built from first principles today I'm sure it would looke differentbut for me Node.js wouldnot be it. Scripting it is fine, as a shell to live in, I would find it very messy. I've been doing more things with bash recently, it has generally been a good experience.
- zazagura 7y agopcj much?
- ale22 7y agopcj?
- thatfunkymunki 7y agoPlease God no. There are so many useful and usable scripting languages, why infect our shells with JavaScript too?
- ale22 7y agoYou can get out of the box graphical output capabilities with javascript. So you can start outputting things in HTML if necessary.