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why?

Because bash feels clunky to write and work with for anything non-trivial, especially compared to other scripting languages.

Why not another scripting language (no compile necessary)?

Because bash and sh are installed nearly everywhere. Any other scripting language means the user is required to have that installed, and that is far less likely to be the case.

If I could write my scripts in a nice syntax, but be sure my users will be able to use it effortlessly by distributing to them compiled versions, then that would make both of our lives easier!

Thoughts? Are there any languges that do this?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I haven’t used it, but this node package looks enticing

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Why not another scripting language (no compile necessary)? (...) If I could write my scripts in a nice syntax, but be sure my users will be able to use it effortlessly by distributing to them compiled versions, then that would make both of our lives easier!

Would it make sense to describe your idea as a typescript for bash or sh?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

And when it is powerful enough you can make it self hosting.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I use this nice trick to use Clojure has a bash script. This auto-download clojure so this id quite portable and reproductible.

https://gist.github.com/ericnormand/6bb4562c4bc578ef223182e3bb1e72c5?permalink_comment_id=4547071#gistcomment-4547071

Previously I also used Haskell’s turtle lib that could run with a portable shebang and it could even be compiled later if you need more speed.

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