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Amber - the programming language compiled to Bash (amber-lang.com)
submitted 1 month ago by syd@lemy.lol to c/programming@programming.dev
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[–] AdamBomb@lemmy.sdf.org 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I like the idea in principle. For it to be worth using though, it needs to output readable Bash.

[–] Evotech@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Why?

[–] AdamBomb@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 1 month ago

Because you still need to be able to understand what’s actually getting executed. There’s no debugger so you’ll still be debugging Bash.