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Python/Unix Hybrid Demoed at PyCon (xon.sh)
A new shell "combines the Python language with features of Bash Unix and the fish and zsh shells," according to InfoWorld. An anonymous reader writes: Pronounced "conch," but spelled Xonsh, it runs on Linux, Windows, and Mac OS X systems, bringing Python libraries to the command line -- for example, the ability to use regular expressions when globbing files. "The first thing you'll notice about Xonsh is that it's really meant to be used as a general-purpose shell," the lead developer explained in a presentation at PyCon. "But on the other hand, it really is Python, so you can do things like add two numbers together."
They're describing it as "a Python-ish, BASHwards-looking shell language and command prompt...a superset of Python 3.4+ with additional support for the best parts of shells that you are used to, such as Bash, zsh, fish, and IPython...the superglue that bonds Python to a command-line interface and other shells."
They're describing it as "a Python-ish, BASHwards-looking shell language and command prompt...a superset of Python 3.4+ with additional support for the best parts of shells that you are used to, such as Bash, zsh, fish, and IPython...the superglue that bonds Python to a command-line interface and other shells."
1. What is so awesome about adding two numbers in the shell?
2. In any case, bash can do it too -- try echo $((15+7)).
3. One of the selling points of bash is that it needs to be fast for power users, so it uses cd instead of change_directory(). One of the selling points of Python is that readability counts, so it would choose change_directory() over cd. How do you plan to reconcile the two approaches?
My first program:
Hell Segmentation fault
It's a beige box is the "hard drive" or a operating system means solitaire game but not device drivers moment - just live with the feeble redefinitions of those that never learned the real definition.
How about NO?
This is yet another example of stupidity in the open source community. You don't get to define how a word sounds. The way you write it defines how it's said.
And even if you say "Xonsh", it sounds stupid anyway.
There's a reason people don't use "GIMP" in businesses. Nobody can go see his boss and asks to replace Photoshop by "GIMP".
People xonshtantly mispronounce these things.
Quay.io? It's not "kway", it's "key".
"Conch" isn't fucking "konsh", it's "konk". Like the devs need on the fucking head.
Yeah I can't really get that excited about a programming language either way. I just use the tool for the job.
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