On: Elvish, expressive programming language and a vers...

[mrbluecoat]

Thanks for that succinct visual. Would be nice to have a side-by-side comparison like this for all the popular and up-and-coming shells. Really helps since the final choice is often influenced by style preference.

[xiaq → mrbluecoat]

You can find this in the explainer linked from the example too :) https://elv.sh/learn/scripting-case-studies.html#jpg-to-png....

https://elv.sh/learn/tour.html also has a big list of syntax comparison between bash and Elvish.

[mrbluecoat → xiaq]

Thanks, but I was thinking more along the lines of a single semi-complex script, like what https://todomvc.com/ does for selecting a framework.