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> Once you learn it, it replaces 85% of other languages for systems work. It's funny you say no one learns it, then say you could use it for 85% of systems wor
by dmix 4y ago
> Once you learn it, it replaces 85% of other languages for systems work.
It's funny you say no one learns it, then say you could use it for 85% of systems work. Then the next dude comes along who has to maintain it and we're back to square one.
- jascii 4y agoI'm not sure that's quite true. I like many others are by no way a Bash expert, and will generally reach for Python if I have to build anything of reasonable complexity. I (and many, many like me) have however had enough Bash exposure to do day to day maintenance on Bash scripts.