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I don't think it's a matter of familiarity. Most of us here have used multiple languages, and I have no problem saying that the Bash syntax is atrocious. "How
by papito 7y ago
I don't think it's a matter of familiarity. Most of us here have used multiple languages, and I have no problem saying that the Bash syntax is atrocious.
"How do we close a statement.... errr. Let's spell it backwards".
- throwaway_se099 7y ago> "How do we close a statement.... errr. Let's spell it backwards". That's on the original Bourne shell and its author's evident love for Algol 68. Wikipedia has a fine summary.
- serhart 7y agoHow is it not a matter of familiarity? Just because it's not intuitive to you doesn't mean it's bad. I find anything not in an S-expression to be atrocious. Doesn't mean I can't learn and understand "horrible" syntax where I have to separate things with semicolons...
- papito 7y agoI am saying, we are allowed to have an opinion on it. You can be good at something and still acknowledge that is sucks.