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> what's the point of the script? For starters, not having to indent every line with a tab, put backslashes at the end of each line, or double every $ sigil in
by chuckadams 2y ago
> what's the point of the script?
For starters, not having to indent every line with a tab, put backslashes at the end of each line, or double every $ sigil in the script. Being able to transparently replace it with perl or python or some other non-shell-script is an occasional bonus.
- cassianoleal 2y agoYou picked the least important point I made, stripped it out of context and argued against it. This is a strawman. Feel free to use it as a piñata, I don't care.
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- fuzztester 2y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40350681 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40350681