[xx789]

Sign me up for someone who hates the shell. I've always tried to write scripts in Python or even C++ is so much easier than bash, awk, etc. Bash has no repl, no unit tests not debugger its anachronistic. Don't get me started on emacs.

[tharne]

> Bash has no repl, no unit tests not debugger

Bash scripts are generally very short. If you need unit tests and a debugger you probably should be using something other than Bash. But saying you hate the shell because it's bad at something it was never designed for is silly.

[xx789]

At work I regularly have to support 500+ line scripts written by random developers, I 'n hate them.

[hiq]

Yeah I think that most people would hate this situation too compared to, say, similar scripts written in Python. But as parent said, the wrong tool for the wrong job is rarely a pleasant experience.

[hiq]

Bash has no REPL?

[xx789]

yeah OK its probably the definition of repl.