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Amber the programming language compiled to Bash, 0.5.1 release (docs.amber-lang.com)
submitted 8 months ago by to c/linux@programming.dev
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My primary use case for Amber is when I need to write a Bash script but don't remember the silly syntax. My most recent Bash mistake was misusing test -n and test -z. In Amber, I can just use something == "" or len(something) == 0

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[–] 2 points 8 months ago

In which way is it weird? It's different, but how is it weird?

No need to apologize, you're allowed your opinions and feelings.

I would suggest reading the manual page for argparse thoroughly from top to bottom of you haven't already. I struggled with argparse at first too, but it's because I skimmed the manual instead of reading it.

I would also read through all of the manual, and you'll find useful idiomatic fish things like not setting PATH directly, but using fish_add_path, among other things. 👍

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