(Oil author here) Yes I think that's a great idea, and I hope to release a "liboil" so that people can do that. Let a thousand flowers bloom, etc.
The most likely thing is that Oil is going to be a much better language this year (more expressive, with safety features, and it should be fast), but the interactive UI will still be more bash-like than fish-like:
So I encourage anyone who's interested in that to get involved now as the interactive shell is also a years-long effort :) There are many links on the home page about how to get involved, and I wrote many blog posts so people can understand how it works.
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Here are a couple posts on why Oil is a good foundation for an interactive shell:
The most likely thing is that Oil is going to be a much better language this year (more expressive, with safety features, and it should be fast), but the interactive UI will still be more bash-like than fish-like:
https://www.oilshell.org/blog/2020/01/making-plans.html
So I encourage anyone who's interested in that to get involved now as the interactive shell is also a years-long effort :) There are many links on the home page about how to get involved, and I wrote many blog posts so people can understand how it works.
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Here are a couple posts on why Oil is a good foundation for an interactive shell:
https://www.oilshell.org/blog/2020/01/history-and-completion...
https://www.oilshell.org/blog/2020/01/alias-and-prompt.html