Every time we publish a Linux hack that uses a shell script, someone will chime in about how awful it is to program shell scripts. While we like the ubiquity and efficiency, we can’t disagree… ...

It is easy to dismiss bash — the typical Linux shell program — as just a command prompt that allows scripting. Bash, however, is a full-blown programming language. I wouldn’t pres… ...

Now I can fully focus on learning C and Python,” said Yeung, describing two general-purpose programming languages taught at Holberton.

PowerShell and bash have programming languages that are, although both very good at what they do, based on totally disparate philosophies. An example that perhaps best underlines this difference is ...