13 points | by matt_d 4 days ago ago
3 comments
If you’re at the point where the shell might be a bottleneck to your script, it probably should be written in a proper language and not bash
Well the counter example is when you have a program you know runs correctly but has to run many times. If all you have to do is run it through gnu parallel, that's a close to zero development cost.
It did receive "Awarded Best Paper", maybe you should see why that is?
If you’re at the point where the shell might be a bottleneck to your script, it probably should be written in a proper language and not bash
Well the counter example is when you have a program you know runs correctly but has to run many times. If all you have to do is run it through gnu parallel, that's a close to zero development cost.
It did receive "Awarded Best Paper", maybe you should see why that is?