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Please read the FAQ: http://www.oilshell.org/blog/2018/01/28.html#toc_7 http://www.oilshell.org/blog/2018/01/28.html#toc_7 I didn't write those scripts, and y

by chubot 9y ago

Please read the FAQ: http://www.oilshell.org/blog/2018/01/28.html#toc_7 http://www.oilshell.org/blog/2018/01/28.html#toc_7 I didn't write those scripts, and you rely on them, whether you know it or not. Do you use Unix? Do you use the cloud? You rely on them. See: https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/7lsajn/oil_shell_03_release/dromj6n/ https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/7lsajn/oil_shell_03_... Also, shell has functions.

kakarot 9y ago
I see. My apologies for being so critical. I agree that POSIX is incomplete and out of date. However I do think it is a disaster that people can't break up their shell code into more modular components, and there is no excuse for it. And I especially do not wish to discourage you from trying to reinvent shell, because someone has to do it, but at minimum I don't see myself moving away from my shell for the better part of a decade. Hopefully at that point Oil's community has matured to the point where I feel comfortable trusting it to be stable and free of any critical privilege escalation bugs. Good luck!