David Adam (@[email protected])
aus.social
#fishshell rewrite-it-in #rust progress, 2024-01-15 87029 rust lines added 76776 / 76776 C++ lines removed ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ 100% -- So, we're done? Well, yes and no.
    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
      1·
      11 months ago

      Looks like the only thing left is the rest runner, and it’s probably not happening anytime soon since it’s a ton of syscalls and Rust doesn’t really add any advantages there imo.

      • TechNom (nobody)@programming.devEnglish
        1·
        11 months ago

        The impression that I got is that while there is nothing more to port in the shell itself, the performance and concurrency goals haven’t been fully realized yet. The new Rust code needs a bit more tuning before it can replace the old shell.

    • Zeth0s@lemmy.world
      6·
      11 months ago

      Honestly this looks like a perfect way to make both python and bash more complex in a single move

    • TechNom (nobody)@programming.devEnglish
      1·
      11 months ago

      Fish’s main attraction was never its scripting language - it was its UI. You can run bash scripts from fish (using bash of course), while still enjoying its bit more modern UI. Bash was never a challenge to fish. Nushell, on the other hand, is a different case.