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minus-squareAdamBomb@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·7 months agoI like the idea in principle. For it to be worth using though, it needs to output readable Bash.
minus-squareAdamBomb@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·7 months agoBecause you still need to be able to understand what’s actually getting executed. There’s no debugger so you’ll still be debugging Bash.
I like the idea in principle. For it to be worth using though, it needs to output readable Bash.
Why?
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.