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Amber - the programming language compiled to Bash (amber-lang.com)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Compiling to bash seems awesome, but on the other hand I don't think anyone other than the person who wrote it in amber will run a bash file that looks like machine-generated gibberish on their machine.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 5 months ago

I disagree. People run Bash scripts they haven't read all the time.

Hell some installers are technically Bash scripts with a zip embedded in them.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 months ago

Compiling to bash seems awesome

See, i disagree because

I don't think anyone other than the person who wrote it in amber will run a bash file that looks like machine-generated gibberish on their machine.

Lol I barely want to run (or read) human generated bash, machine generated bash sounds like a new fresh hell that I don't wanna touch with a ten foot pole.