Shouldn't scripts over 100 lines be rewritten in Python or Ruby? http://www.oilshell.org/blog/2021/01/why-a-new-shell.html#shouldnt-scripts-over-100-lines-be-r

Shouldn't scripts over 100 lines be rewritten in Python or Ruby? http://www.oilshell.org/blog/2021/01/why-a-new-shell.html#shouldnt-scripts-over-100-lines-be-rewritten-in-python-or-ruby http://www.oilshell.org/blog/2021/01/why-a-new-shell.html#sh... tl;dr I think the main skill that is missing is being able to write a Python script that fits well within a shell script. The shell script often invokes tools written in other languages like C, Rust, JavaScript, etc. (most of which you didn't write) Good book on this: https://www.amazon.com/UNIX-Programming-Addison-Wesley-Professional-Computng/dp/0131429019 https://www.amazon.com/UNIX-Programming-Addison-Wesley-Profe... Online for free: http://www.catb.org/esr/writings/taoup/html/ http://www.catb.org/esr/writings/taoup/html/