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> the value that a shell adds over REPL is not insignificant Could you expand on this? I've been thinking about using a repl as a system shell. The piping issu
by neolog 6y ago
> the value that a shell adds over REPL is not insignificant
Could you expand on this? I've been thinking about using a repl as a system shell. The piping issue is solved easily by sh.py. The main problem I can think of is startup latency.
- Pxtl 6y agoIn general it's the poor ergonomics of calling native command-line tools and manipulating their results that tend to disappoint, but I've mostly played with CSX (c# repl script) as a "repl as command-line" dabbling.