First reason they list to use Ammonite over POSIX shell: "You can never remember the syntax to write an if-statement in Bash"[1]. Kids these days :-) Also, `pw

First reason they list to use Ammonite over POSIX shell: "You can never remember the syntax to write an if-statement in Bash"[1]. Kids these days :-) Also, `pwd` is a built-in command in bash(1)[2], not a subprocess. The whole page brims with misunderstanding. If you don't understand the tools you're aiming to replace, you're bound to fail. [1] http://lihaoyi.github.io/Ammonite/#Ammonite-Shell http://lihaoyi.github.io/Ammonite/#Ammonite-Shell [2] http://linux.die.net/man/1/builtins http://linux.die.net/man/1/builtins