3 ms·The Unix shell operates on binary streams, not on text.by ori_b 9y agoThe Unix shell operates on binary streams, not on text.panic 9y agoAh, I thought this was about structured text (like JSON) vs. plain text -- binary content is a bigger issue!ori_b 9y agoIf you want to replace the shell with a structured one, the change needs to be pervasive, down to replacing the typical file formats, imo.