note that i really dont consider this new, more like a new take on an old idea.
i liked dos, and i would probably still use it if not for two things: hardware compatibility and software compatibility (ha.) also, high-res graphics were unstable more often than not. (allegro and such.)
what i liked the most about dos was its overall simplicity. this wasnt a constant, it was a theme. in windows, mac and android, simplicity is superficial, it only applies to the top layer (which is always changing.) similar themes exist in the world of gnu/linux, but they are optional.
when i switched from basic to python, i didnt switch-- i found i was using one more than the other more and more, and the option of being more complex was always there. unlike being dragged from one paradigm (procedural to oop) to the next, i never felt i was being "forced" to use oop, even when there was "dot notation" involved:
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def lcase(p): return p.lower()
# then i can do it this way:
print lcase("HELLO")you can keep things simple (the way you like) for years and years, while everyone else gets dragged from one fad to the next.
"taco bell programming" is basically using modern tools without all of the modern "hooey." though thats my own take on it.
bash is for the most part, a collection of c programs. the fact that so many people (including those who dont consider themselves "programmers," but could if they wanted to) use or edit bash demonstrates not only taco bell programming, but the ways in which a powerful, rigid and complicated-to-use language is very nicely utilized for creating a flexible, easier-to-use language.
