barsoap, 1 year ago (edited 1 year ago) 99.999% of that function’s effectiveness is that unix shell, being the ancient dinosaur it is, not just allows : as a function name but also uses the exact same declaration syntax for symbol and alphanumeric functions: <span style="color:#323232;">foo(){ foo | foo& }; foo </span> is way more obvious. EDIT: Yeah I give up I’m not going to try to escape that &
99.999% of that function’s effectiveness is that unix shell, being the ancient dinosaur it is, not just allows : as a function name but also uses the exact same declaration syntax for symbol and alphanumeric functions:
:
<span style="color:#323232;">foo(){ foo | foo& }; foo </span>
is way more obvious.
EDIT: Yeah I give up I’m not going to try to escape that &