A Lisp Interpreter for Shell Scripting
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A new Lisp interpreter for shell scripting has been released on GitHub, sparking interest in its potential applications and comparisons to existing tools.
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gus_massa
3 months ago
Reposted later https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45520585
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3 months ago
An experimental Lisp interpreter written in C++ with a focus on shell scripting. It lets you combine the expressive power of Lisp with the practicality of the Unix shell: you can run commands, capture output, pipe between processes, and still use Lisp syntax for logic and structure. Think of it as writing your shell scripts in Lisp instead of Bash.
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