NEnetbioserror·Feb 16, 2025
For Janet fans, there's janetsh (https://github.com/andrewchambers/janetsh). Seems very elegant indeed.
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janetsh
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andrewchambers / janetsh
janetsh
A powerful new shell that uses the janet programming language for both the implementation and repl.
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A powerful new shell that uses the janet programming language for both the implementation and repl.
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| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
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| 2019 | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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3 sourcesWhile I fully appreciate & support the structured shell approach (I believe it’s the future), I wish the efforts in making a mew shell should be more directed to a small selection of projects.
elvish[0], uxy[1], ngs[2] and basically all shell projects that allow other languages(e.g. python: tako[3], racket: rash[4] janet: janetsh[5]) are all similar attempts; and there are numerous more alternative (non-structured) shells like fish[6], and a whole lot more.
As a daily user of fish and a person hyped by elvish (but not using it as a daily driver :-(), I hope some structured shells get at least some traction, but there are too much approaches.
Well, I didn’t start as a rant but it became one anyway.
[0]: https://elv.sh/
[1]: https://github.com/sustrik/uxy
[2]: https://github.com/ngs-lang/ngs
[3]: https://takoshell.org/
[4]: https://rash-lan
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