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Why would we want to write our bash scripts in Javascript?
by datadrivenangel 3y ago
Why would we want to write our bash scripts in Javascript?
- whalesalad 3y agoI have infinitely more confidence in my ability to write correct JavaScript
- janderland 3y agoBecause BASH’s string splitting rules, concurrency tools, and variable scoping are nightmarish. I’ve written build scripts in BASH, Python, and JavaScript and can definitely say BASH scripts produced the most difficult bugs. I welcome another option for my glue code.
- zem 3y agowhat we want is to write our bash scripts in not-bash. if your preferred flavour of not-bash is javascript zx will help.