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Why would I want to subject myself to writing in a language like bash? Bash has many disadvantages compared to Python, Nim, Go, nearly anything that isn't brain
by cercatrova 4y ago
Why would I want to subject myself to writing in a language like bash? Bash has many disadvantages compared to Python, Nim, Go, nearly anything that isn't brainfuck.
- moffkalast 4y agoYeah I mean it's pretty bad, but the upside is that it will run everywhere without having to install anything and there are lots and lots of answered questions out there if you run into issues. Which I doubt is true for Nim. Using niche stuff means you're on your own in terms of support. And with how dependency happy everything is these days, I avoid trendy projects like the plague.
- int_19h 4y agoNim is compiled, so a dependency on a runtime or a VM is not an issue there, at least.
- moffkalast 4y agoSo I can write, test, compile a NIM script on my x64 machine, copy it over to an ARM device and it'll work? Right...? And even if that worked, what if I need to edit one line because reasons? Can't really do that for compiled stuff, generally. Now if it got transpiled to bash for example, that might be actually practical. Cuts dev time, still enables multiplatform usage and random edits.