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Re:A System-Witch’s Package Manager Murder Mystery by lima on Wednesday April 13, 2022 @09:13AM (#31014214)
Nicely written!

This is a great illustration of how Bash and similar shell dialects are convenient for interactive use but terrible as a programming language.

Change my mind: Bash is the PHP of operating systems. Any Bash script becomes tech debt the moment it is written.

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Re:A System-Witch’s Package Manager Murder Mystery by timschmidt on Wednesday April 13, 2022 @10:48AM (#31015317)
That's unkind to PHP, which has grown into a relatively modern language over the years.
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