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0 pointsfyloraspit3y ago0 comments

It's not a real programming language tho

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bheadmaster3y ago· 2 in thread

Yeah! REAL programmers program only in the REAL programming languages like ${MY_FAVORITE_LANG}. Bash? More like - Bah!.

It's not a real programming language in the same way Brainfuck isn't a real programming language, because it makes life too hard.

bheadmaster3y ago

So does Java, yet it is still considered a real programming language...

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woodrowbarlow3y ago

true, but nothing (besides how entrenched sh is) prevents replacing it with a real language. you don't need to use a posix shell in your terminal, any REPL that can launch executables will do. i used tclsh as my shell for a while, for instance.

still_grokking3y ago

So why do people write real production code in it?

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