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Amber the programming language compiled to Bash, 0.5.1 release (docs.amber-lang.com)
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My primary use case for Amber is when I need to write a Bash script but don't remember the silly syntax. My most recent Bash mistake was misusing test -n and test -z. In Amber, I can just use something == "" or len(something) == 0

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[-] themoken@startrek.website 6 points 10 months ago

I agree, but I can envision scenarios where you are integrating into someone else's workflow/machine and they (or their build system etc.) are expecting a shell script. Python is ubiquitous but sometimes you just want to work like everything else.

[-] SinTan1729@programming.dev 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Also useful for scripts to be executed inside containers. Alpine doesn't have Python installed by default.

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