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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[-] gtrcoi@programming.dev 4 points 4 weeks ago

I get why this is useful, and it's useful for me as well, but the perfectionist in me asks why target bash instead of posix?

[-] lens0021@programming.dev 3 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Currently, Amber does not even support Bash 2 because Bash 2 does not support the += operator. (ticket) However, I believe that POSIX compliance is on Amber's long-term milestone, and that it will eventually achieve this as its support range expands.

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