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I love functional programming, but I hate bash. I'm conflicted.

• dmix 7y ago
  Bash and ZSH is just awful. I can't count the number of times I should have abandoned a script, and start over with a scripting language like ruby, instead of expanding it into a large shell script. But it's also like Javascript where it's everywhere. So it's very useful in some ways. MacOS is removing Ruby and some other languages from being default-installed, but I don't think running rvm/brew installs is too much to ask (usually myself :p).
  • zests 7y ago
    Bash is so terrible that I love using it. Its one of the most extreme language in that it has a lot of pros and a lot of cons. Its also ironic adjacent that you want people to install ruby with homebrew but most people install homebrew with ruby.
    • dmix 7y ago
      Oh yeah good point about Ruby, ha. I didn't even think of that. I suddenly miss Linux and having an OS backed package manager. The fact Apple hasn't fully embraced terminal users as an optional primary interface really bothers me. A package manager with a CLI should be part of every OS. If I worked at Apple I'd be pushing the product team hard to embrace it. They're ignoring a big part of their operating system.
• js4ever 7y ago
  I love bash, but I hate functional programming. I'm conflicted.