alt Hacker NewsBash syntax is anything but simple or logical. Just look at the insane if-statement syntax. Or how the choice of quotes fundamentally changes behavior. Argument parsing, looping, the list goes on.
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Towaway69 • today at 6:50 AM
Are taxes simple?
Why does Bash syntax have to be "simple"? For me, Bash syntax is simple.
if statements are pretty simple
if $command; then <thing> else <thing> fi
You may be complaining about the syntax for the test command specifically or bash’s [[ builtin
Also the choice of quotes changing behavior is a thing in:
1. JavaScript/typescript 2. Python 3. C/C++ 4. Rust
In some cases it’s the same difference, eg: string interpolation in JavaScript with backticks