A shell exclamation mark is not for yelling. Be lazy.

Re:A shell exclamation mark is not for yelling. Be lazy. by CoastalCoder on Wednesday August 12, 2026 @05:37AM (#49269829)

Maybe it's a bit like current C++ language spec:

There's enough complexity in the language spec that most people stick with a (fairly shared) subset.

Bash can be very powerful, but IMHO there's a certain point where I find it saner to accomplish the same thing via Python.

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Re:A shell exclamation mark is not for yelling. Be lazy. by refp on Wednesday August 12, 2026 @09:03AM (#49271779)

I think you are very much on point, I can definitely relate to the complexity of C++ turning it both into a wonderful adventure, but also a swamp where every step feels uncertain.

Disclaimer; author of this post, and also https://refp.se/articles/non-constant-constant-expressions and related post in that series.

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