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> In particular, shell itself is an ugly mess of weird syntax, gotchas, and corner cases. Just like C! (syntax is mostly OK though). This is not coincidence.
by adobriyan 13y ago
> In particular, shell itself is an ugly mess of weird syntax, gotchas, and corner cases.
Just like C! (syntax is mostly OK though).
This is not coincidence.
If your modus operandi is "works 95% of the time" then you end up with C, shell and sysvinit collectively known as Unix.
- riquito 13y agoYears passed and we discovered a bunch of things. Everyone agree that Bash syntax could be better, and C is not perfect either (that's why new languages like Rust are being developed). We didn't reach perfection a couple decades ago, so if someone want to try and replace the good old tools, I say "go on!": it would be exciting to see something better.