Zrc, I tried making a Unix shell scripting language with Tcl syntax

What it does

The Zrc UNIX shell and scripting language. Contribute to Edd12321/zrc development by creating an account on GitHub.

This is the new, better and REWRITTEN version of Zrc (master branch)! It has way less bugs, a better codebase, nicer syntax, etc. Zrc is a small scripting language for Linux, BSD, etc. written in C++ (interpreter + builtins in a very small ~4000SLOC). It is a shell with syntax similar to Tcl/TK ( EIAS ). The code is quite small, but minimalism is not the main focus of Zrc (which is why it has way more "luxury features" compared to usual shells). Instead, the idea is to be a better alternative to tclsh that extends its syntax and adds features like job control, a custom line editor and more, while still almost keeping Tcl's "pure syntax". Note : The shell is experimental and behaviour may…from github.com

In the maker’s words, at launch

Welp, second time posting this project! Bourne shell's ALGOL-inspired syntax seems a bit verbose, and while `rc` is quite nice, it lacks some features I'd prefer in a shell (this is probably by design). Though don't let the name I chose fool you, this shell is probably more related to `tcl` or `csh` than `rc`, except…

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