Re:Problem solving with Unix commands
by jolmg on Thursday February 14, 2019 @12:19PM
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> I feel that more succinct and quicker to write does not mean simpler.
Indeed, it does not. They're design trade-offs of each other.
> Fish tries to have a cleaner syntax and probably succeeds in doing so. It may even be an attempt to bring some change to the status quo that is the POSIX shell syntax.
Indeed, it does, and it is (attempting to, though maybe not doing).
The thing is that, for shell languages, which are intended to be used more interactively for one-off things than for large scripting, I think being more succinct and quicker to write are more valuable qualities than being simpler.
Indeed, it does not. They're design trade-offs of each other.
> Fish tries to have a cleaner syntax and probably succeeds in doing so. It may even be an attempt to bring some change to the status quo that is the POSIX shell syntax.
Indeed, it does, and it is (attempting to, though maybe not doing).
The thing is that, for shell languages, which are intended to be used more interactively for one-off things than for large scripting, I think being more succinct and quicker to write are more valuable qualities than being simpler.