> On Dec 27, 2023, at 2:03 PM, Chet Ramey via austin-group-l at The Open Group
> wrote:
>
> On 12/27/23 11:26 AM, Andrew Pennebaker via austin-group-l at The Open Group
> wrote:
>> Many programs depend on hashmaps in order to work.
>> awk is not an answer.
>> The lack of hashmaps forces
On Wednesday, December 27, 2023, Andrew Pennebaker <
andrew.penneba...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Simply acknowledging bash associative array syntax, would instantly
> improve the scalability of sh scripts.
>
.. in theory. Other shells would have to implement it first. Considering
some of them don't
On 12/27/23 11:26 AM, Andrew Pennebaker via austin-group-l at The Open
Group wrote:
Many programs depend on hashmaps in order to work.
awk is not an answer.
The lack of hashmaps forces people to use less efficient algorithms, such
as linear search.
The bash family implements it. Simply
Many programs depend on hashmaps in order to work.
awk is not an answer.
The lack of hashmaps forces people to use less efficient algorithms, such
as linear search.
The bash family implements it. Simply acknowledging bash associative array
syntax, would instantly improve the scalability of sh
