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The same thing could be said for grep, or really any other utility that can have its functionality reproduced in a programing language.
by meepmorp 5y ago
The same thing could be said for grep, or really any other utility that can have its functionality reproduced in a programing language.
- eru 5y agoIndeed! Jq is basically something like grep for JSON. It might actually make sense to embed jq functionality into your favourite language (as a library or so), as it is quite a nice and well-chosen set of functionality.
- preferjq 5y agoI would love to see jq libraries become as common as regex libraries so I could use jq directly in whatever stack or environment I'm working on.