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> There is also not much stopping you from using PHP, Python, Ruby, or anything else with a REPL as your daily shell, but bash is the most popular and works qui
by malkarouri 15y ago
> There is also not much stopping you from using PHP, Python, Ruby, or anything else with a REPL as your daily shell, but bash is the most popular and works quite well for this problem domain.
This is relevant: http://stackoverflow.com/q/3637668/336455 http://stackoverflow.com/q/3637668/336455
In short, there are some objective reasons, not just popularity.