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> 5x better than Python scripting I’m not sure about that. All those ‘await’s, parentheses really kill my mojo. Why do you find it better than Python?

IshKebab 9mo ago
> Why do you find it better than Python? I said already - the main reason is you can import files by relative file path. You can get close to the Deno UX with uv and a script like this: #!/usr/bin/env -S uv run --script # # /// script # requires-python = ">=3.12" # dependencies = ["httpx"] # /// import httpx print(httpx.get("https://example.com")) But you still have to deal with the venv e.g. for IDE support, linting and so on. It's just more janky than Deno. I wish someone would make a nice modern scripting language with arbitrary precision integers, static types, file path imports, third party dependencies in single files, etc. Deno is the closest thing I've found but in spite of how good Typescript is there are still a ton of Javascript warts you can't get away from (`var`, `==`, the number format, the prototype system, janky map/reduce design, etc.)
- fainpul 9mo ago
  PowerShell is pretty good for shell scripting. iwr https://example.com You also have arbitrary precision integers and all the other stuff from .NET $b = [BigInt]::Parse('10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000')
  - IshKebab 9mo ago
    Powershell has god awful syntax though. There's no way I'd want to do anything remotely significant with it.
    - jcgl 9mo ago
      PowerShell’s syntax Is just fine. Very few special characters, minimal escaping, easy to read. If you understand PowerShell semantics, the syntax comes quite naturally.
- tracker1 9mo ago
  Should be able to get better shebang detection for Python similar to this one I requested for Deno/TS ... no longer need the .ts extension for my local use. https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/287819 https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/287819
tracker1 9mo ago
For me, it's mostly that I'm more comfortable with TS/JS ecosystem... Deno is really nice in that you can import module references directly... I guess you can do similar with uv installed and have dependencies in comments in the top of the file (in another comment). For me, though TS is something I'm generally using anyway, web projects, etc. I'm comfortable with it, and there are modules for almost everything under the sun.. except a working MS-SQL client for Deno.

IshKebab 9mo ago

> Why do you find it better than Python? I said already - the main reason is you can import files by relative file path. You can get close to the Deno UX with uv and a script like this: #!/usr/bin/env -S uv run --script # # /// script # requires-python = ">=3.12" # dependencies = ["httpx"] # /// import httpx print(httpx.get("https://example.com")) But you still have to deal with the venv e.g. for IDE support, linting and so on. It's just more janky than Deno. I wish someone would make a nice modern scripting language with arbitrary precision integers, static types, file path imports, third party dependencies in single files, etc. Deno is the closest thing I've found but in spite of how good Typescript is there are still a ton of Javascript warts you can't get away from (`var`, `==`, the number format, the prototype system, janky map/reduce design, etc.)

fainpul 9mo ago
PowerShell is pretty good for shell scripting. iwr https://example.com You also have arbitrary precision integers and all the other stuff from .NET $b = [BigInt]::Parse('10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000')
- IshKebab 9mo ago
  Powershell has god awful syntax though. There's no way I'd want to do anything remotely significant with it.
  - jcgl 9mo ago
    PowerShell’s syntax Is just fine. Very few special characters, minimal escaping, easy to read. If you understand PowerShell semantics, the syntax comes quite naturally.
tracker1 9mo ago
Should be able to get better shebang detection for Python similar to this one I requested for Deno/TS ... no longer need the .ts extension for my local use. https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/287819 https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/287819

tracker1 9mo ago

For me, it's mostly that I'm more comfortable with TS/JS ecosystem... Deno is really nice in that you can import module references directly... I guess you can do similar with uv installed and have dependencies in comments in the top of the file (in another comment). For me, though TS is something I'm generally using anyway, web projects, etc. I'm comfortable with it, and there are modules for almost everything under the sun.. except a working MS-SQL client for Deno.