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Have you tried Oil Shell? http://www.oilshell.org/ http://www.oilshell.org/
by peterhil 5y ago
Have you tried Oil Shell?
http://www.oilshell.org/ http://www.oilshell.org/
- sigmonsays 5y agoI've got way too many years of bash under my belt to invest in another shell. I gave oil shell a solid look and decided to not use it. While that may sound wrong, I dont see oil shell having enough features that are different enough to sway people over. I can't think of the saying here, but essentially its not disruptive in the shell space. Also, it's just shell. By the time I end up with a complicated shell script, i've rewritten it in go, python, etc. This is just my two cents, if I see more people talking about and using oil shell, I may reconsider.
- opk 5y agoI've not tried for a while but just getting that to even compile was a nightmare. It seemed to be a fork of the Python 2 code base. They've done the right thing by having a POSIX compatible layer but I completely disagree with their idea of what is wrong with the existing Bourne syntax and needs changing. An interactive shell needs to keep special characters to a minimum and stick to commands as the basic unit on which things are built. Zsh is already able to correct many of the worst elements of the Bourne syntax.