Re: java one-liner
On 26-03-2010 12:57, SolutionMonkey wrote:
On Mar 25, 5:15 pm, Arne Vajh?j<a...@vajhoej.dk> wrote:
On 25-03-2010 09:47, bugbear wrote:
Stefan Ram wrote:
bugbear<bugbear@trim_papermule.co.uk_trim> writes:
Well, one *could* create a script to invoke the compiler
and runtime components sequentially, to give the effect
you request, but I see little benefit.
One benefit would be the possibility to use Java package
in command lines, such as Perl is used in, say,
cat cljp | perl -pe 's/\n\nFrom/\nFrom /mg' | grep ...
Yes - I understand the "idea" but question wether
Java can (in practice) express anything very useful
in one line.
The line would be too long to be useful.
Yeah, I think this is the crux of the problem. A one-liner tool is
only valuable if you can write a succinct code snippet.
It is all about picking the right tool for the job.
Java is not the right tool for one liners.
I was hoping there was a tool in the JDK that helps with this. I know
groovy and beanshell could be of assistance, but I don't think either
of these is packaged with the JDK.
Newer JDK's comes with an embedded JavaScript engine.
Arne
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