The author has created a radically "better" shell language which is twice as verbose as bash. In the space of human-computer interaction where shell languages lie, this is tantamount to total failure.
The worst parts of shell are the flow control structures (if/else...). If only we could improve this without throwing out the entire system. Else we will lose the benefits of the ultra-terse and completely decentralized "language" that is unix shell.
The author misunderstands how important this is: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/11vZzXCfAA0aOFAuHA0nA...
The author has created a radically "better" shell language which is twice as verbose as bash. In the space of human-computer interaction where shell languages lie, this is tantamount to total failure.
The worst parts of shell are the flow control structures (if/else...). If only we could improve this without throwing out the entire system. Else we will lose the benefits of the ultra-terse and completely decentralized "language" that is unix shell.