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It was not a problem for nearly 45 years since epoch. Shell is not intended for high level data processing. Also there are repls or shells intended to have com

• coldtea 12y ago
  >It was not a problem for nearly 45 years since epoch. What I mean is, this sentense you wrote is content-free. What does it mean "it was not a problem"? That they managed to do and be productive without it? In the same sense not having computers was not a problem for nearly 2 millenia since Christ. They've managed to get by without them. Not having something is not a problem in general, when you don't know what you're missing. You only see the problem when you compare the faster and more productive workflow and the possibilities you'd get if you had something compared to coping without it. Which is how inventions are made, compared to "well, what we got works for us". >Shell is not intended for high level data processing. That's a limitation of the shell, that could very well be bypassed, not some physical law. One could imagine shells very well intended for high level data processing (and in fact people have built some of those -- heck, even the Lisp Machines qualify).