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You can run a shell command from a language you like so they're just as flexible. Go and many other languages have Exec (or equivalent). The major reason shel

by jayd16 2y ago

You can run a shell command from a language you like so they're just as flexible. Go and many other languages have Exec (or equivalent). The major reason shell scripting is nice is because its portable with a copy/paste and HelloWorld.sh doesn't need a compiler or a VM or even any preceding incantation to run. As much as I hate that this is where my hopes are, I do hope that Powershell gets to a point where you can write single C# files and run them.

teleforce 2y ago
D language rdmd wrapper allows to compile-and-execute directly [1]. Together with intuitive function calling facility using Uniform Function Call Syntax or UFCS you can easily has natively compiled scripting environment [2],[3]. [1] Pragmatic D Tutorial: https://qznc.github.io/d-tut/hello.html https://qznc.github.io/d-tut/hello.html [2] Why I use the D programming language for scripting (2021) (50 comments): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36928485 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36928485 [3] Uniform Function Call Syntax: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_Function_Call_Syntax https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_Function_Call_Syntax
- Zamiel_Snawley 2y ago
  You can write executable “scripts” in C by JIT compiling them with the shebang. Tcc has the `-run` flag for easily doing this with a normal-ish shebang. With a nasty polyglot preamble of C and bash at the top of your file, you can do it with any compiler.
  - teleforce 2y ago
    That's a good thing but due to D syntax it is very intuitive and pythonic due to the default GC, in addition to the UFCS feature that I've mentioned compared to C with its agrarian syntax. That's the main reason we have C shell scripting in the form of csh with more intuitive syntax for example foreach loop that D has already supported [1]. But if you insist, D now supports and can compile C language that you can perform using rdmd [2]. [1] C shell: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_shell https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_shell [2] Adding ANSI C11 C compiler to D so it can import and compile C files directly (105 comments): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27102584 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27102584

by jayd16 2y ago

teleforce 2y ago

D language rdmd wrapper allows to compile-and-execute directly [1]. Together with intuitive function calling facility using Uniform Function Call Syntax or UFCS you can easily has natively compiled scripting environment [2],[3]. [1] Pragmatic D Tutorial: https://qznc.github.io/d-tut/hello.html https://qznc.github.io/d-tut/hello.html [2] Why I use the D programming language for scripting (2021) (50 comments): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36928485 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36928485 [3] Uniform Function Call Syntax: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_Function_Call_Syntax https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_Function_Call_Syntax

Zamiel_Snawley 2y ago
You can write executable “scripts” in C by JIT compiling them with the shebang. Tcc has the `-run` flag for easily doing this with a normal-ish shebang. With a nasty polyglot preamble of C and bash at the top of your file, you can do it with any compiler.
- teleforce 2y ago
  That's a good thing but due to D syntax it is very intuitive and pythonic due to the default GC, in addition to the UFCS feature that I've mentioned compared to C with its agrarian syntax. That's the main reason we have C shell scripting in the form of csh with more intuitive syntax for example foreach loop that D has already supported [1]. But if you insist, D now supports and can compile C language that you can perform using rdmd [2]. [1] C shell: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_shell https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_shell [2] Adding ANSI C11 C compiler to D so it can import and compile C files directly (105 comments): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27102584 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27102584