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@jhamby on Twitter is currently refactoring bash to c++, and it's really interesting to read anecdotes about it and read about the progress. It's a really inter

@jhamby on Twitter is currently refactoring bash to c++, and it's really interesting to read anecdotes about it and read about the progress. It's a really interesting codebase.

svnpenn 4y ago
FYI I wouldn't recommend browsing that guys feed. He has some strange posts on it.
- no_time 4y ago
  His posts seem sane to me. The sheer volume of them is a bit weird though.
- dolni 4y ago
  You would recommend against browsing his feed because some of his posts are "strange"? Seems like an unnecessary callout.
  - svnpenn 4y ago
    Thanks for you opinion. Am I allowed to have one as well?
    - bheadmaster 4y ago
      Recommending that other people avoid a certain page because it contains "strange posts" without further elaboration is definitely inviting the "unnecessary callout" remark. As HackerNews is a discussion site, not your personal blog, some further elaboration on why you consider the guy's posts "strange" (and why you even consider "strange" being a bad thing in itself) would be in order.
    - codewiz 4y ago
      You've been quite unspecific in expressing your opinion: how can we evaluate your suggestion of not browsing that guy's feed without actually browsing it to find out what "strange posts" means to you?
      - P5fRxh5kUvp2th 4y ago
        what if I find svnpenn strange for such an unspecified callout? Is that wrongthink if I'm unable to get svnpenn's approval?
        svnpenn 4y ago
        yes
- numbsafari 4y ago
  FYI ... I probably never would have gone to look if not for your warning. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect
  - svnpenn 4y ago
    That doesn't apply. Streisand effect is for people who want to suppress something. I don't care if you look at that Twitter. I just know that I found it unpleasant, so was just putting a warning out for others.
- flykespice 4y ago
  They are protected, did they just go now?
beembeem 4y ago
link to in-progress source?
- beembeem 4y ago
  found it here: https://github.com/jhamby/bashcpp https://github.com/jhamby/bashcpp
stjohnswarts 4y ago
why not rust? (sorry, I had to)
- westurner 4y ago
  c2rust https://github.com/immunant/c2rust https://github.com/immunant/c2rust : > C2Rust helps you migrate C99-compliant code to Rust. The translator (or transpiler), c2rust transpile, produces unsafe Rust code that closely mirrors the input C code. The primary goal of the translator is to preserve functionality; test suites should continue to pass after translation. crust https://github.com/NishanthSpShetty/crust https://github.com/NishanthSpShetty/crust : > C/C++ to Rust transpiler "CRustS: A Transpiler from Unsafe C to Safer Rust" (2022) https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=related:WIDYx_PvgNoJ:scholar.google.com/&scioq=CRustS:+A+Transpiler+from+Unsafe+C+to+Safer+Rust&hl=en&as_sdt=0,23 https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=related:WIDYx_PvgNoJ:sc... rust-bindgen https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-bindgen/ https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-bindgen/ : Automatically generates Rust FFI bindings to C (and some C++) libraries nushell/nushell looks like it has cool features and is written in rust. awesome-rust > Applications > System Tools https://github.com/rust-unofficial/awesome-rust#system-tools https://github.com/rust-unofficial/awesome-rust#system-tools awesome-rust > Libraries > Command-line https://github.com/rust-unofficial/awesome-rust#command-line https://github.com/rust-unofficial/awesome-rust#command-line rust-shell-script/rust_cmd_lib https://github.com/rust-shell-script/rust_cmd_lib https://github.com/rust-shell-script/rust_cmd_lib : > Common rust command-line macros and utilities, to write shell-script like tasks in a clean, natural and rusty way
  - stjohnswarts 4y ago
    hey thanks for this I didn't know it existed. I'm still kind of a rust noob and working my way through Rust in action and various examples.
- johnklos 4y ago
  Rust isn't quite portable enough yet. There are lots of small environments or specialized toolchains that are based on gcc that'll compile bash just fine, but once you require Rust, you're eliminating architectures like Alpha (which includes familial descendents like the Shenwei architecture in the Sunway TaihuLight), m68k, SuperH and others. Rust is getting better, but they're not quite there yet.

@jhamby on Twitter is currently refactoring bash to c++, and it's really interesting to read anecdotes about it and read about the progress. It's a really interesting codebase.

svnpenn 4y ago

FYI I wouldn't recommend browsing that guys feed. He has some strange posts on it.

no_time 4y ago
His posts seem sane to me. The sheer volume of them is a bit weird though.
dolni 4y ago
You would recommend against browsing his feed because some of his posts are "strange"? Seems like an unnecessary callout.
- svnpenn 4y ago
  Thanks for you opinion. Am I allowed to have one as well?
  - bheadmaster 4y ago
    Recommending that other people avoid a certain page because it contains "strange posts" without further elaboration is definitely inviting the "unnecessary callout" remark. As HackerNews is a discussion site, not your personal blog, some further elaboration on why you consider the guy's posts "strange" (and why you even consider "strange" being a bad thing in itself) would be in order.
  - codewiz 4y ago
    You've been quite unspecific in expressing your opinion: how can we evaluate your suggestion of not browsing that guy's feed without actually browsing it to find out what "strange posts" means to you?
    - P5fRxh5kUvp2th 4y ago
      what if I find svnpenn strange for such an unspecified callout? Is that wrongthink if I'm unable to get svnpenn's approval?
      - svnpenn 4y ago
        yes
numbsafari 4y ago
FYI ... I probably never would have gone to look if not for your warning. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect
- svnpenn 4y ago
  That doesn't apply. Streisand effect is for people who want to suppress something. I don't care if you look at that Twitter. I just know that I found it unpleasant, so was just putting a warning out for others.
flykespice 4y ago
They are protected, did they just go now?

beembeem 4y ago

link to in-progress source?

beembeem 4y ago
found it here: https://github.com/jhamby/bashcpp https://github.com/jhamby/bashcpp

stjohnswarts 4y ago

why not rust? (sorry, I had to)

westurner 4y ago
c2rust https://github.com/immunant/c2rust https://github.com/immunant/c2rust : > C2Rust helps you migrate C99-compliant code to Rust. The translator (or transpiler), c2rust transpile, produces unsafe Rust code that closely mirrors the input C code. The primary goal of the translator is to preserve functionality; test suites should continue to pass after translation. crust https://github.com/NishanthSpShetty/crust https://github.com/NishanthSpShetty/crust : > C/C++ to Rust transpiler "CRustS: A Transpiler from Unsafe C to Safer Rust" (2022) https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=related:WIDYx_PvgNoJ:scholar.google.com/&scioq=CRustS:+A+Transpiler+from+Unsafe+C+to+Safer+Rust&hl=en&as_sdt=0,23 https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=related:WIDYx_PvgNoJ:sc... rust-bindgen https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-bindgen/ https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-bindgen/ : Automatically generates Rust FFI bindings to C (and some C++) libraries nushell/nushell looks like it has cool features and is written in rust. awesome-rust > Applications > System Tools https://github.com/rust-unofficial/awesome-rust#system-tools https://github.com/rust-unofficial/awesome-rust#system-tools awesome-rust > Libraries > Command-line https://github.com/rust-unofficial/awesome-rust#command-line https://github.com/rust-unofficial/awesome-rust#command-line rust-shell-script/rust_cmd_lib https://github.com/rust-shell-script/rust_cmd_lib https://github.com/rust-shell-script/rust_cmd_lib : > Common rust command-line macros and utilities, to write shell-script like tasks in a clean, natural and rusty way
- stjohnswarts 4y ago
  hey thanks for this I didn't know it existed. I'm still kind of a rust noob and working my way through Rust in action and various examples.
johnklos 4y ago
Rust isn't quite portable enough yet. There are lots of small environments or specialized toolchains that are based on gcc that'll compile bash just fine, but once you require Rust, you're eliminating architectures like Alpha (which includes familial descendents like the Shenwei architecture in the Sunway TaihuLight), m68k, SuperH and others. Rust is getting better, but they're not quite there yet.