I've been struggling with a rather complex shell script, and it's becoming apparent that Bash might not be the best choice for this particular task. While I usually gravitate towards statically typed languages like Go or Rust, I've noticed that many people recommend alternative languages such as Lua or Python for scripting tasks.
I'm curious to know your opinions and experiences with scripting languages for larger or more intricate shell scripts. Have you ever encountered a situation where Bash just didn't cut it, and if so, which scripting languages did you turn to for a more effective solution? Are there any specific languages you found particularly suitable for debugging, testing, or handling complex logic in your shell scripts?
Just curious have you tried Go for this? Go was recently approved at work and I have seen articles about Go for things like this and just wondering if it is worth it. I have been using ansible and chef but need to explore other options. I want to use Rust but I know the road blocks I will have to work through at work. So just wondering if you had any insights to Go over Rust
Not him, but I much more like the type-system of rust (e.g. enums).
It's especially true when you want to parse some json/xml/whatever. Just describe your datastuctures with regular struct and enum, add serde and done! It's like magic!
I personally don’t have any real experience with Go. Lots of smart folks I work with love it. In general, most of what I have read suggests that Rust is better suited to CLI tooling. For my use case it came down to: