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Bash Line Editor: a line editor written in pure Bash with syntax highlighting, auto suggestions, vim modes, etc

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    jredd23
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    Not directly tied to this project which looks cool, but I've seen a resurgence on the subject and usage of bash. What is going on?

    Not directly tied to this project which looks cool, but I've seen a resurgence on the subject and usage of bash. What is going on?

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    1. balooga
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      It's cool as a proof of concept. There's nerd cred in doing something extreme with a Turing-complete tool that was never intended for the task — like the guy who recently ported Doom to TypeScript...

      It's cool as a proof of concept. There's nerd cred in doing something extreme with a Turing-complete tool that was never intended for the task — like the guy who recently ported Doom to TypeScript types.

      I assume for performance reasons no one would actually want to use this though? Cue up the Ian Malcolm quote... there are so many modern compiled languages that surely could implement everything this does, but faster and better.

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