Amber – the programming language compiled to Bash

Re:Amber – the programming language compiled to Bash by ape4 on Wednesday May 22, 2024 @10:10AM (#40441248)

And why is it using [ instead of bash native [[

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Re:Amber – the programming language compiled to Bash by weaksauce on Wednesday May 22, 2024 @01:59PM (#40443984)

I think it's targeting a really old bash for max compatibility... and also it's super early alpha software

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Re:Amber – the programming language compiled to Bash by pubg on Wednesday May 22, 2024 @04:14PM (#40445834)

It's interesting Amber doesn't seem to be leveraging Bash-native Regexes via:

    if [[ "${foo}" =~ ^someReg[e][x][p][r]$ ]]; then ...

What value exists in going to such great lengths to target super old and anqtiquated versions of Bash? It becomes very limiting for this poor new language :-s

Maybe still just the earliest of early days? Javascript-style RegExs along the lines of:

    if (s.match(/my[R]egex[H]ere/)) { ..

Would be pretty nice and handy.

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