Functional Programmers need to take a look at Zig

Re:Functional Programmers need to take a look at Zig by raddan on Thursday April 30, 2026 @06:47AM (#47960635)

Funny, I have also converged on shell scripts for simple scripting or configuration, but I use /bin/sh for portability. Many of the machines I use do not even have bash installed.

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Re:Functional Programmers need to take a look at Zig by orwin on Thursday April 30, 2026 @09:44AM (#47962374)

When i talk about my "bash" scripts, i mean sh. I assume this is the same forgp (tbh, i tend to use AWK over bash in 80% of cases, but i call it from bash anyway, and still call it bash scripting :/)

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Re:Functional Programmers need to take a look at Zig by MisterTea on Thursday April 30, 2026 @10:52AM (#47963458)

> tbh, i tend to use AWK over bash in 80% of cases, but i call it from bash anyway, and still call it bash scripting :/

This makes me sad and sounds very naive. AWK is a fantastic language on its own and should be called out when used as such.

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Re:Functional Programmers need to take a look at Zig by orwin on Friday May 01, 2026 @06:34AM (#47973151)

I'll make you sadder: Even when I call my own AWK modules I put hours in, I still call that a bash script.

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Re:Functional Programmers need to take a look at Zig by whstl on Thursday April 30, 2026 @10:04AM (#47962693)

Yep I'm the same. I just call it bash. I think old habits die hard.

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