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> As will some version of /bin/sh

I hope not!

That's one of the things I pray every day to go away. (Even I don't believe in any gods, and am a Linux-only user for the last 20 years).

The Unix shell language is one of the most horrific legacy technologies that are still around. I really wish it dies soon™ and gets replaced finally by something sane!



It won't because it's too close to human interaction.


I don't get this argument.

UIs changed in the past, and still change the whole time.

Why would shell be any different?




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