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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: on the lish shell
Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2024 00:09:57 -0000 (UTC)
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On Sun, 25 Aug 2024 20:12:55 -0300, Johanne Fairchild wrote:

> Has anyone ever tried lish?

Beshidesh shounding like you’ve had too mush to drink, there is a 
fundamental problem with using a programming language as a shell/command 
language: a command language assumes everything is a literal string unless 
indicated otherwise, whereas a programming language (by which I include 
some “scripting” languages) assumes everything is a language construct 
unless quote characters indicate literal strings.

You quickly find out why command languages are designed that way, when you 
try to use a programming language in their place.