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I think the 10 line limit seems a little harsh. Bash is great to prototype something, especially because of all the great commands at your disposal versus writi

by shrumm 9y ago

I think the 10 line limit seems a little harsh. Bash is great to prototype something, especially because of all the great commands at your disposal versus writing it yourself. e.g. grep, sed, cut are all commands I use frequently. Once you've got a working script and it proves useful or needs to scale - that's a good time to go the 'real language' route like Python.

bch 9y ago
> I think the 10 line limit seems a little harsh. I think it's a fine guide. If I'm writing something that starts approaching a program rather than a few lines of utility-throw-away, it's time to at least immediately start co-developing in something more sane. My exception is for Makefiles, if one considers them "shell".