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Amber - the programming language compiled to Bash (amber-lang.com)
submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/programming
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[–] [email protected] 26 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I think it's to make it easier to write bash scripts, for those who are new or when the script is doing a more critical task

Modern Syntax

You will find many of the language features familiar, allowing you to get up and running much faster than if you were learning Bash from scratch.

Runtime Safety

It’s one of the key components missing from regular shell scripts. It can help you catch many bugs at compile time.

Type Safety

Amber ensures that you handle everything that could fail. Each Bash command and function that could fail must be handled in some way.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago

Ok, I guess that makes sense. Bash is a pretty old school language for those raised in the functional programming era

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

So if you're already pretty good at bash would you bother to switch and learn this?

[–] [email protected] 30 points 7 months ago

Never heard of this language, but you'd be surprised how hard it is to write a correct and portable shell script.

Personally, I'd break out python once the script gets larger than a few lines, or rust if I want something more proper.