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These things might justify making a non-Bourne shell, but they don't justify making a greenfield shell: the fish shell already has all these features, and sinc

These things might justify making a non-Bourne shell, but they don't justify making a greenfield shell: the fish shell already has all these features, and since we all benefit by reducing shell fragmentation, I think the author ought to work on hacking on fish more before making yet another shell.

oblio 6y ago
Fish is incompatible with bash...
- quotemstr 6y ago
  Every shell that changes how quoting works is incompatible with bash
  - oblio 6y ago
    There are different degrees of breakage and you should read his blog. One of the modes is compatible with 99% of the bash scripts used out in the wild.
    - quotemstr 6y ago
      Yes, you're right. A closer examination of Oil yields something much more interesting than I imagined.
chubot 6y ago
fish and Oil are very complementary (see the note about fish in the blog post)
mypalmike 6y ago
Shall I declare what you "ought to work on" in your free time too?