Thanks for pointing them out. And no problem, I realize I wrote a big mass of text :) I will try to respond without going a big tangent! I also invite anyone

Thanks for pointing them out. And no problem, I realize I wrote a big mass of text :) I will try to respond without going a big tangent! I also invite anyone interested in language design to come chat on Zulip [1] or send me mail. I had called for participation in the Oil language design [2]. I got a bit of feedback but am interested in more, especially from people who have used many languages. I view shell as kind of the lowest common denominator "bridge" language. e.g. Python programmers use it, OCaml programmers, C/C++ programmers, etc. but a lot of them don't view it as a language! I view that as a big missed opportunities, for reasons I will hopefully explain in the upcoming blog posts -- e.g. the one about uftrace I mentioned in this thread. e.g. Shell Helps You Write Better Native Code [1] https://oilshell.zulipchat.com https://oilshell.zulipchat.com [2] http://www.oilshell.org/blog/2019/10/04.html http://www.oilshell.org/blog/2019/10/04.html