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But why?

• d0lph 11y ago
  It's entertaining for the same reason code golf is entertaining. It's fun, educational, and clever.
• gjolund 11y ago
  A lot of people use bash scripts to setup their dev environments on new machines. I can think of several reasons why I would want an easy to install zero dependency irc client on a new machine. Bash is hands down one of the most useful languages out there, it is nearly as ubiquitous as javascript. For an example on how powerful bash can be I would take a look at Ben Alman's (Cowboy) dotfiles repo. https://github.com/cowboy/dotfiles https://github.com/cowboy/dotfiles
  • kafkaesq 11y ago
    Excellent answer. Thanks.