Then I think you mean those extensions aren't portable. :)

 
Well, that's true. But what I mean is that is too easy to start using the extensions without even knowing it. Say you need to know how to do a specific thing in shell script and search for a solution. You found a solution and start to use it. Months later you find out that you've used an extension and non-portable feature of you're shell script.

Also, the script is written for zsh which is fully compatible with
bash, which is available practically everywhere. It's not just a
generic sh script, but is still portable enough by being written for
bash.

 
When I release DVM I got several complains about the shell scripts not working. I didn't even know I had used extensions.

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>
> It's literally the only platform without a shell installed by default,
> and even then, getting a shell via MinGW or Cygwin is trivial.
>
>
> I don't agree. I wouldn't want to ask my users of an application/tool to
> have to install MinGW or Cygwin. Preferably the shouldn't have to install
> anything. That basically means native code.

This is a script for use by developers, not by end users.

Ok, ok.

Can you honestly develop on Windows without MinGW/Cygwin? I wouldn't even
bother with the platform if it wasn't for those two.

 
I mostly don't use Windows at all. I'm just compiling the code on Windows, run the tests and then be done with it.

I would need to port DVM to MinGW and/or Cygwin as well.

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/Jacob Carlborg