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>>802629 (OP)

If I could only have one it'd probably be python. It's not the greatest scripting language, but it's versatile and can do everything I'd ever require of a scripting language on any system I'd need to use.

c

>>802629 (OP)

The ideal operating system would include the ideal scripting language (ie not fucking Python)

>>802686

And what would that be...?

>>802683

Even javascript wouldn't be a worse choice than C.

>>802630

-PowerShellIsGreat -ItsLikeWritingJavaButNowAsShellscript -StupidGnuFagsAndTheirShortCommandlines -HowWouldYouPadBillableHoursThatWay

Core in Ada, Scripted in Scheme: This needs to exist.

>>802629 (OP)

I choose execline. The only scripting language so simple and lightweight it doesn't need a runtime interpreter. Also one of the very few good applications of continuation passing style.

https://skarnet.org/software/execline/

bat

I get shivers every time I read @echo off

>>802744

Make it happen. I'd use it.

>>802744

>not Core in Haskell, Scripted in Brainfuck

cuck

Smalltalk scripting.

Do you mean best besides Bash shell scripting? It's strange you would ask a question where the answer is already commonly known.

>>802906

Bash is a mess, it's not the best we can do.

Assembly for the relevant CPU. When you press enter it's assembled and executed.

If you run a different kind of CPU the same thing happens but it's run in an emulator.

>>802957

LARPers leave

>>802644

If only it had a good scripting language

>>802911

We? I'm sorry were you involved an any aspect of creating ... anything?

>>803074

Take a remedial English course.

>>802898

A very interesting choice, that's a very readable language.

>>802728

Thanks to automatic parameter shortening in Powershell your custom parameters can be written as

-p -i -s -h

>>803091

I'll take this as no

>>802700

The ideal scripting language doesn’t exist. Maybe the perfect operating system doesn’t even need a scripting language because every aspect of the operating system is written in a high level interpreted language that can be modified by the user on the fly. Now shoo.

>>803108

>high level interpreted language

Interpreted by what, the processor?

> Now shoo.

Ah, you're a weirdo as well as having no clue how computers work.

Right tool for the right job.

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>>806760

> I'll just quote aphorisms and expect to get the final word.

Some tools are never right, like Perl.

>>806760

Sit in a corner and think about what you said

>>806760

Bash(also sh but not so often) and python are the best scripting languages in systems. Lua and racket/scheme are the best when embedded in programs.

zsh, csh, ksh are just hackjobs, trying to lure innocent kids into using them because of a single ,,glamorous,, feature.

>>806830

>Bash

Disgustingly inconsistent, you want to talk about a hack, that how bash has been extended to do more that it ever should have.

http://www.tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/string-manipulation.html

>>806839

Bash is good by virtue of being widely used and popular.

HolyC unironically

>>806864

As a redditor, and occasional coder, I really think we need to move the community towards convergence on Javascript. Lots of activity in that space, and quite empowering when combined with container computing like docker.

>>806884

>As a redditor, and occasional coder, I really think we need to move the community towards convergence on Javascript. Lots of activity in that space, and quite empowering when combined with container computing like docker.

>>806760

Bingo. Knowing which tool to use is almost an art in and of itself. You don't want a bunch of logic in the shell script; it should be process glue only.

On my Windows 10 development workstation, I have a lot of automation. I've got a shortcut key mapped to an AutoHotkey script launches a script selection dialog, dynamically populated by my script directory (usually .bat and powershell scripts). The scripts will re-launch themselves in Administrator mode if necessary, and then call .NET or Java executables to do any heavy lifting.

>>807298

>you don't want a bunch of logic in the shell script, it should be process glue only

Which is why execline is so great. The inherent simplicity of it makes process glue fast and bunches of logic slow, encouraging good scripting practice.