A juicy design puzzle for #nushell:

We're starting to add more support for "bashisms" - syntax that Bash folks would be familiar with.

Today, I tried adding the `>` for redirection. Unfortunately, that's also greater than (eg `3 > 2`). An example like `| where $a > $b` could then be parsed two separate ways.

Should we require parens on conditions? Or, should we not use `>` but instead us something else? (maybe `>>` or `out>` or yet another option?)

Was playing around a bit with @contextfree's languish site. Weighted with 1 for each category, #Rust has now passed C to climb to 10th position. (#golang folks will probably also be pleased to have passed C++ as well).

You can play with the weights here: https://tjpalmer.github.io/languish/

Working on #Nushell, it's a delicate balance between trying to be a shell and being a scripting language. Here's one I accidentally typed this morning.

When "language" brain your muscle memory doesn't type the `$` but in "shell" brain you do. How we manage to balance between then two and help you remember what to type isn't obvious, but it's one of those problems that's fun to throw yourself against to see if you can come up with clever solutions.

#programming #programminglanguages

Oh, we're doing #introductions! Hi 👋 I'm JT, a non-binary programming language nerd US expat living in New Zealand.

I work on #rustlang, #nushell, and a handful of other languages (like Jakt). I also teach a bit of Rust to help pay the bills.

In my free time, I watch a *lot* of YouTube, play Blood on the Clocktower, and do a bit of yoga.

I'm #actuallyautistic, pan/queer, quirky af and proud of it :)

(boosts ok)

Any #rustlang folks want a puzzle? (Okay, I say puzzle but I don't know the answer either 😅 )

Why might this be causing a stack overflow on Windows?

https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/7095/commits/867c0ef3d0a4a196f3ed0532e4250ae7c52f25de

I managed to narrow it down but still have no idea why just moving the call into the arms would cause the overflow.

Nushell's been teaching me a lot lately. It's been a while since I was part of a whole arc of designing and revising a project.

For the last 3+ years we went through a lot of expansion and exploration. Recently, we've gotten serious about working towards a high-quality 1.0.

It's rewarding to find what a project wants to be after all that time. Next, we'll be chipping away at what isn't Nushell, leaving what is. As Yehuda would say, you've got to lean into it and "just keep going".

#nushell