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>just "my script might just use it and expect you to have it" That is one path to standardizing something - using it.
by ReptileMan 2y ago
>just "my script might just use it and expect you to have it"
That is one path to standardizing something - using it.
- 0cf8612b2e1e 2y agoChicken and egg problem. People use sh/bash because it is everywhere and standard. Requires energy to justify using an objectively superior tool if it is not default installed. I would love if I could count on Just, fish, ripgrep, or any other multitude of tools that improve upon these CLI apis that were invented ad hoc and ossified in the 70s. Paved a lot of cow paths.
- dolmen 2y agoPerl is everywhere, standard (there is a single implementation, with a strong culture of backward compatibility) and an objectively superior tool.