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shcl
HISTORICAL RECORD2018–2025
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shcl

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Observed mentions: 2018-05-22 18:56:58 UTC to 2025-10-12 11:06:34 UTC.

012018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 1 submissions, 0 comments20182019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments20212022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2025

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20182018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC110
20192019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101
20202020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20212021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20222022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20232023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101
20242024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101
20252025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101

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> writing your shell scripts in Lisp instead of Bash. in a Lisp ;) Related, for Common Lisp: - unix in lisp https://github.com/PuellaeMagicae/unix-in-lispMount Unix system into Common Lisp image. - kiln https://github.com/ruricolist/kiln - an infrastructure (managing a hidden multicall binary) to make Lisp scripting efficient and ergonomic. - CIEL https://github.com/ciel-lang/CIEL/ - CIEL Is an Extended Lisp is a collection of dozens of libraries useful for mundane tasks (HTTP, JSON, regexps…). It also comes as a binary that is able to run scripts from sources. Scripts that use the built-in libraries start fast without a compilation step. [project of mine] - discussed here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41401415 - Lish https://github.com/nibbula/lish - maybe someday a Lisp shell - SHCL https://github.com/bradleyjensen/shcl - a POSI
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X shell in CL (stalling) - lserver https://notabug.org/quasus/lserver/ - live-coding remote function calls for the shell. Write a command in the REPL, and run it instantly in the shell. I use CIEL ;) And, built-in: use the --load flag or build a self-contained binary, compiled to machine code with SBCL. It can contain your web assets (html, js etc). A compressed binary weights ±30MB and starts fast. A stripped off binary with LispWork$ (no compiler, no debugger etc) is ±5MB. There's ECL too.
In Show HN: A Lisp Interpreter for Shell Scripting
Wow, that's crazy O_o Related: - Lish allows to mix&match shell and Lisp code, with regular syntax. https://github.com/nibbula/lish/ $ echo ,*package* #<PACKAGE "LISH-USER"> $ (defun hello (name) (format t "hello ~a!!~&" name)) $ (hello "me") hello me!! NIL $ (hello "me") | wc -w => 2 It is usable. Interactive commands like sudo and htop work, some like less and fzf don't. So it ships a pager, `view`. It has a directory mode, a Lisp REPL with a debugger, completion…. It is not done, the author keeps hacking on it. Hackers invited to have a look. - SHCL is a posix-like shell written in CL. https://github.com/bradleyjensen/shcl (it doesn't have completion. Not active.) https://github.com/CodyReichert/awesome-cl#shells-shells-int...
In Show HN: Mount Unix system into Common Lisp image

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