kasdeya on Nostr: shell scripts:<li>so many footguns</li><li>have to parse text with <code>sed</code> ...

shell scripts:<li>so many footguns</li><li>have to parse text with <code>sed</code> and <code>awk</code></li><li>read-only language</li><li>syntax that was outdated in the 90's</li><li>just why?</li>

python scripts:<li>easy to run command-line stuff with <code>subprocess.run</code></li><li>sane syntax</li><li>you'd have to actually <em>try</em> to make it unreadable</li><li>welcome to the 21st century</li>