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#RonGilbert | 1 years ago (raw) | export | reply | flag 
 I have a 300 line Bash script that fully automates my build process. Rewriting it in Python won't make it any faster or make the game come out any sooner, but I'm having a hard time resisting the call of the coding siren.
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Steve Anichini | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @de22920b how will it make you feel though?
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e03e1c8c | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @de22920b But, see, you could be calling path.isFile() instead of [- "$path" ]

and then your build script might be readable and/or amendable down the line!
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0a0d06fb | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @de22920b Go with scons!
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Andrew King | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @de22920b Had one of these (sh file + makefile) years ago before I decided to write a build system. This is a dark road!
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Bryan Whitehead | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @de22920b rewrite in zsh so you can scratch the itch but finish quickly?
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b045aa99 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @de22920b you”ll spend n hours to save n/6 hours for the next tweak/fix. Do it.