[ale22]

One of the most important things for tinkerability of an OS is the shell. IMO bash has dropped the ball in the last 20 years. It's a poor programming language experience. I think we should replace bash with node.js Javascript shell, that will bring back LISP style computers back in vogue.

[lawik]

Oh. This is a thing I've never felt. If python had better facilities for running other commands, that'd be an option for me. But I think bash has a very interesting set of conveniences and trade-offs.

If built from first principles today I'm sure it would looke differentbut for me Node.js wouldnot be it. Scripting it is fine, as a shell to live in, I would find it very messy.

I've been doing more things with bash recently, it has generally been a good experience.

[thatfunkymunki]

Please God no. There are so many useful and usable scripting languages, why infect our shells with JavaScript too?

[ale22]

You can get out of the box graphical output capabilities with javascript. So you can start outputting things in HTML if necessary.