No disrespect to mise but this what’s so frustrating about the industry. Just as one starts getting popular, some people move on to something “better”.
The main issue most people have with asdf is that it’s annoyingly slow. Not unusably so, but just enough that it’s irritating.
I identified [0] the source for much of it (sub-shells and pipes) and began a PR [1], but became bogged down with BATS testing, and then found mise / rtx, so kind of lost interest. Sorry. You can always implement these if you’d like.
It's normal to build new stuff based on the experience we got from what came before. If you like asdf, use asdf, there's nothing wrong with using it, and there's nothing wrong with wanting something "better" (depending on what "better" means for the user)
asdf hasn't just started getting popular. It's been popular for a long time already. IIRC I started using it ~8 years ago (~2016). asdf has been around since 2014. I believe Mise (rtx) has been around for a couple of years already too.
I identified [0] the source for much of it (sub-shells and pipes) and began a PR [1], but became bogged down with BATS testing, and then found mise / rtx, so kind of lost interest. Sorry. You can always implement these if you’d like.
[0]: https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf/issues/290#issuecomment-1383...
[1]: https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf/pull/1441