Re: [RFC PATCH 02/28] cli: Add LIL shell

Sean Anderson
2021-07-08T04:57:00Z

On 7/6/21 3:44 AM, Wolfgang Denk wrote:
> Dear Tom,
>
> In message <20210705191058.GB9516@bill-the-cat> you wrote:
>> This is I think the hard question. A draw of the current shell is that
>> it it looks and acts like bash/sh/etc, for at least basic operations.
>> That's something that's comfortable to a large audience. That has
>> disadvantages when people want to start doing something complex. Sean
>> has shown that several times and he's not the only one. LIL being
>> tcl'ish is not.
>
> Tcl is a horror of a language for anything that is above trivial
> level.

Can you please elaborate on this? You've made this claim several times,
but haven't explained your reasoning for it.

--Sean