Re:Why Create a New Unix Shell?
by magissima on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @04:13PM
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> consider these two groups of shell users:
> 1. People who use shell to type a few commands here and there.
> 2. People who write scripts, which may get into the hundreds or even thousands of lines.
> Oil is aimed at group 2. If you're in group 1, there's admittedly no reason to use it right now.
From my perspective, fish is basically the opposite of oil in that it mainly targets group 1 (admittedly I'm biased in that I rarely write shell scripts at all). IME fish scripts as a direct replacement for bash scripts are pretty rare, but that doesn't mean it's not a success if it's aimed at interactive use.
> 1. People who use shell to type a few commands here and there.
> 2. People who write scripts, which may get into the hundreds or even thousands of lines.
> Oil is aimed at group 2. If you're in group 1, there's admittedly no reason to use it right now.
From my perspective, fish is basically the opposite of oil in that it mainly targets group 1 (admittedly I'm biased in that I rarely write shell scripts at all). IME fish scripts as a direct replacement for bash scripts are pretty rare, but that doesn't mean it's not a success if it's aimed at interactive use.