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Renate · 11-15-2023, 04:44 PM

I mostly object to Linux scripts that are too clever by half.
If you have to spend five minutes just to decypher what a script line is doing...

And don't get me going on chain functions.

Code:

apples().berries().camels().dogs().egrets()

How is it clear to the user that apples returns a UTF16 string, berries a file descriptor, camels a big JSON string, dogs an SQL query and egrets a cursor handle?

11-15-2023, 04:44 PM	#1731
Renate Onyx-maniac Posts: 4,069 Karma: 18028039 Join Date: Feb 2012 Device: Nook NST, Glow2, 3, 4, '21, Kobo Aura2, Poke3, Poke5, Go6	I mostly object to Linux scripts that are too clever by half. If you have to spend five minutes just to decypher what a script line is doing... And don't get me going on chain functions. Code: apples().berries().camels().dogs().egrets() How is it clear to the user that apples returns a UTF16 string, berries a file descriptor, camels a big JSON string, dogs an SQL query and egrets a cursor handle?