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by ChristianBundy 4508 days ago
Literally.

We both know that it would've been easier to write this in Python, Ruby, Javascript, etc., but at the cost of using an "uncool" language I was able to solve the problem in three lines with only bash as a dependency. Pull requests welcome.
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blueskin_ 4508 days ago
I am thankful you didn't.

Congratulations on getting the *NIX philosophy right.

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aet 4508 days ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_philosophy

"The Unix philosophy emphasizes building short, simple, clear, modular, and extendable code that can be easily maintained and repurposed by developers other than its creators. The philosophy is based on composable (rather than contextual) design."

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lmm 4508 days ago
If that's the ★nix philosophy I don't want to be a ★nix person any more. Seriously, even my VMS machines have python installed, and a script I can read is a lot better than one I can't, even if the one I can read has an extra dependency.
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blueskin_ 4508 days ago
Python isn't too bad (unless you're calling the script in a lot of separate instances), but python is fairly neat compared to ruby/javascript/whatever trendy language of the week as it doesn't need a huge pile of worthless dependencies itself.
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