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On Sat, 23 Nov 2024 20:17:16 -0500, 186282@ud0s4.net wrote:

>    But yea ... there soon comes a point where you ought to implement in
>    a better, more proper, language. Whatever it is, at least use Python
>    if for no other reason than that it's generally comprehensible. They
>    kept expanding Bash with more obscure squiggles and bars and "two
>    spaces, not one" almost to the point where you may as well be using
>    BrainFuck or similar.

I'm not sure how I feel about the _ and *_ introduced in Python 3. I 
suppose it's handy. Then there is the whole dunder etiquette and the 
'please don't screw with this but I can't stop you' idea.