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  • From: Ismael Luceno <ismael.luceno AT gmail.com>
  • To: sm-discuss AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [SM-Discuss] Teh Future (focus: declarative spell and nonlinear config; chroot build)
  • Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2013 00:03:22 -0300

On Sun, 27 Jan 2013 15:13:23 -0600
David Kowis <dkowis AT shlrm.org> wrote:
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> I don't mind what language we write it in. I think bash is not
> particularly well suited. Bash is excellent for tying programs
> together, so maybe we write our programs in something other than
> bash, and use bash to tie them together? Not sure how that would
> shake out. I would like to use a language designed for writing
> software, rather than a shell, since we are building software to
> build software. (yo dawg)

I think the problem isn't with bash but with the way sorcery was
developed. But I would like a change, as long as it makes things
simpler (for the machine, I mean).

It should be more UNIXly and stream-oriented. There's a lot that could
be greatly simplified.

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