I use Python for that, since I know it will always be on my machine.
replyIs this what you have in mind?
Yeah but i have Python PTSD from all this Python 2 vs. 3 shit :D
replyPerl still loves you and will always be there.
replyAnd I for one am here for Perl
replyI'm sure that there are still Python 2 codebases there running an unsupported interpreter, but for most people that has been at least 5-10 years ago. Also, the Python project learned a lot from the messy transition, that I think it's unlikely to happen again.
replyAnd then some old debian box comes out of shadow.
replyI'm sure that ubuntu LTS also extended the life of this disaster + some tool you wanted to use which never upgraded.
GNU Radio took ages
That was almost 20 years ago! We migrated 2 to 3 10 years ago. I'd say I moved on. I doubt there will ever be py4 :)
replyIt's definitely not a system default (unless it's a system I've had access to for more than ten minutes!), but:
replyI use Janet[0] for this.
Nim might be an option. It even has a subset to be used for scripting purposes.
replyDude, that's C.
replyPython already fills this role.
replyexe.dev does a pretty good job of instantly deployable microVMs
replyGo has a fast enough compile speed I feel like you could syntactically sugar it to be a command line.
replyWhy would you compile it each time? You would compile the binary once and the use it. This is what Go equivalents of this already do (e.g. Hugo).
replyYeah but its not scripty enough and has not enough easy stuff build in.
replyhttps://www.tcl-lang.org/
replyMany people have made micro Tcl’s too if you want something even lighter.
It has a built in subst command no need for a template engine!