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> Call-by-value > Mostly Functional > Dynamically Typed Sounds a bit like POSIX shell. Yeah, I know that especially people doing functional programming do n
by arendtio 6y ago
> Call-by-value
> Mostly Functional
> Dynamically Typed
Sounds a bit like POSIX shell.
Yeah, I know that especially people doing functional programming do not want to be compared to shell scripters, but since I know how horrible shell scripting is, I wonder if there could be a future, where a proper, mostly functional language could be the successor of the very practical bash. I mean, if we aren't doing anything soon, JavaScript might take that place...
- pjmlp 6y agoPOSIX shells are not as powerful as Lisp REPLs and Smalltalk transcript windows.
- cjallen88 6y agoMaybe have a look at Closh [1], a clojure based shell [1] https://github.com/dundalek/closh https://github.com/dundalek/closh
- arendtio 6y agoI think my problem is less, that there are no alternatives you can setup yourself, but more, that there is no useful standard ;-) But having a list of good alternatives if probably good too.