I am wondering why not take an existing language like python, and compile that to bash?
Also for this to be really unique and good it needs insanity like being able to avoid all external dependencies, or else idempotently installing them in ways that can not affect anything else externally, or even temporarily, in multiple crazy various environments including nix? my mind never shuts up
> You may read this and think that the key lesson of this post follows the old adage that “if you can’t beat them, join them”. In some ways, I suppose it does. What I want to say is that if you start a project to try and position yourself as an alternative but better implementation of something, you are likely to find yourself stuck in a spot where you’re always playing catch up and living in the shadow of the canonical implementation.
This concept doesn't exactly map 1:1, but gist seems correct. Who wants to program in a worse and very limited version of Python? Who's going to keep things up to date in e.g. Amber as Python continues to evolve? Not fun.
Also for this to be really unique and good it needs insanity like being able to avoid all external dependencies, or else idempotently installing them in ways that can not affect anything else externally, or even temporarily, in multiple crazy various environments including nix? my mind never shuts up