[stephenr]

Because it’s 2018 and

    while true; do wc foo; done 

Doesn’t get attention from hipster developers.

[timdp]

Or because JS is my primary language. I was actually already planning to port it to Go as an exercise. You're welcome to beat me to it.

[stephenr]

So, you rewrite every possible utility that isn't written in JS?

It seems hard to believe that your initial problem couldn't have been solved with some combination of pv, a while loop and wc.

[chatmasta]

This comment chain was really uncalled for and quite rude. There’s no need to turn technical criticisms into direct personal attacks on someone sharing his work.

[timdp]

No, I write utilities that make my life easier. I'm open to that combination though.