/jashi

Shell scripting with Java. Just a crazy idea.

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jashi

Java shell scripting. Project goals...

  1. Easy to execute. No compilation needed.
  2. Easy file manipulation.
  3. Easy to use external java libraries.
  4. Easy to install.

This is was experimental project. I wanted to use Java for scripting the way I use Perl or Python.

Bullet point 2 - Was improved by Java 7 with the introduction of the new java.nio.* standard library.

Bullet points 1 and 3 - Were possibly improved/solved by spring Boot.

I would like to take a fresh look at this and see where it fits now that we have Spring Boot. I still think the idea of using a sha1 to determine if the source needs to be recompiled has some merit. It gives the apperance that Java is an interpetive language.