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Am I the only one who uses a shell primarily as an interactive interface, not as a programming language? Why do all shells seem to focus on the latter aspect?
by xigoi 3y ago
Am I the only one who uses a shell primarily as an interactive interface, not as a programming language? Why do all shells seem to focus on the latter aspect?
- hnlmorg 3y agoThey don’t. Murex (my shell, https://GitHub.com/lmorg/murex https://GitHub.com/lmorg/murex ) is all about the interactive environment. Elvish is too.
- IshKebab 3y agoBecause the biggest problems with shells are when people think "these commands work for me; I'll just save them in a file".
- mongol 3y agoThere is an overlap. I often write for-loops in bash interactively for example. The ideal shell works well for both, but bridging this gap is a challenge.