janet-sh

Interesting. It reminds me a bet of janet-sh. I can see the utility if you are working with JavaScript or TypeScript. It might even work with ClojureScript using shadow-cljs. https://github.com/andrewchambers/janet-sh

tbh it's no janet-sh, but of course you can make your own macros. I'd love to see either provide native support for additional file descriptors, bash `<()` style. I often wrap a shell around commands just for that. https://www.gnu.org/software/guile/manual/html_node/Pipes.ht... https://github.com/andrewchambers/janet-sh

I use Janet most often as a glue for shell utilities using the sh package (https://github.com/andrewchambers/janet-sh). It's a great tool for building small containerized jobs. I think it has a ton of potential as the ecosystem grows and matures. Some rough spots: - No canonical http client. There are a few attempts at wrapping libcurl but nothing complete and well documented yet. However, the creator of Joy framework for Janet does have an http client library. - The main http server circlet is MIT licensed, but it is built on top of Mongoose, which is GPL/paid commercial. Something to be aware of if you want to distribute binaries made with this library. - I have never been successful getting any of the UI or drawing libraries to work. - Naming of packages is a bit confusing even if you have watched the Good Place and are aware of a

The arguments I have seen are based on Janet using arrays/tuples rather than cons cells. Here is the author addressing this on reddit a while back. https://old.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/aqwedz/janet_i... The debate continues in the thread. Either way, I think Janet is very useful for situations where you want something lisp like and also want/need small executables. I've experimented with it quite a bit and have found it really useful for putting together cli apps. The sh package is really useful for gluing together other shell programs. https://github.com/andrewchambers/janet-sh