Add better shell scripting capabilities #752
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At the moment we can only run one command at a time in the REPL and in any shell script, which is pretty limiting. This PR will evolve the shell into a proper scripting language inspired by Ruby allowing us to do much more with it:
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programdef <name> <args>* [do] <commands> end
(function definition)if <condition> [do] <commands> [else <commands>] end
(conditional)for <var> in <list> [do] <commands> end
(loop)$(<command>)
(command substitution)<command> --> <command>
(pipe)Example:
A real shell script could be a redefinition of
move
ascopy
+drop
instead of being a dedicated Rust program: