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by stevage 816 days ago
> Learning a new language shouldn't be difficult. Programmers are expected to familiarize themselves with new tech.

Learning it is fine, but will you still know it 2 years from now when you need to modify the script? Me, definitely not.

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Could you re-learn it then if you need again?
Yep, but it all adds a lot of pointless work.

I'm so much happier since I started using JS for scripts, rather than the monstrosity that is Bash.