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by ryukafalz 1965 days ago
Do I have good news for you :) http://fishshell.com/
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Why is it called fishshell and not shellfish?
I've always been surprised that nobody has built a small, secure shell named "nutshell"...
Because it went Shell, then like C Shell, then like Korn Shell, then like Bourne Again Shell, and then there's like TCL shell.

The 'sh' goes at the end. Shhhhhhhhh.

But there is "sh" at the end of "shellfish"!
That makes it Shell Friendly Interactive Shell which is redundant. Then there would be Shell Korn Shell, and Shell C shell. The 'sh' for Shell goes at the end as like a grammatical marker. It's postfix. Sh-FI-sh is awkward because it's prefix of the Shell -> 'sh' and also includes the 'sh' for Shell at the end making it a Shell X Shell sort of thing.
OK, I see the logic. How about "She Shell C Shells on the C Shore"?
there's also an 'sh' at the end of 'fish', which is why that's the name of the shell.
Because it is Friendly Interactive SHell
Because...

Bash Shell -> Fish Shell

And if it was shellfish it would be a PITA to Google it.

You ever think you might be sounding a little shellfish?