maybe target `/bin/sh`?

tdenniston / bish

Bish is a language that compiles to Bash. It's designed to give shell scripting a more comfortable and modern feel.

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maybe target `/bin/sh`? #4

Open jbenet opened 9 years ago

jbenet commented 9 years ago

I think this is a great idea. I wonder, perhaps it may make sense to target sh instead of bash? afaik, sh is more portable + found in more systems. though i'm not sure.

hachre commented 9 years ago

ryanmjacobs commented 9 years ago

Oooh, yes this is a good idea. Oftentimes, I'm restricted because of sh. If bish could compile to sh, it would be very useful.

jbenet commented 9 years ago

Yeah, i exclusively use sh for portability. It's painful. bish might really alleviate that!

tdenniston commented 9 years ago

This is a good idea. I'll keep bash as the default target (due to features I plan to support in bish like hash maps), but we can add sh code generation. It may make sense to wait on this until the language has stabilized a bit more.

hawkw commented 9 years ago

:+1: