I actually tried rewriting this in Python, but gave up since Python's startup latency is atrocious if you have even a few imports (and using a socket to a pre-existing server is fundamentally unable to preserve enough process context related to the terminal). Perl would probably be a better fit but it's $CURRENTYEAR and I've managed to avoid learning Perl every year so far, and I don't want to break my streak just for this.

The Bash code is not only fast but pretty easy to understand (other than perhaps the header, which I never have to change).

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dataflow 3 days ago | parent | next [-]

PHP maybe? Or in limited cases, AWK? But I'd definitely learn Perl, it's a gem.

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oguz-ismail 3 days ago | parent [-]

PHP needs to be installed, Perl is dead and AWK is more limited than Bash

	▲	ZYbCRq22HbJ2y7 3 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		> PHP needs to be installed There are some ways around this: https://github.com/crazywhalecc/static-php-cli
	▲	macintux 3 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		For what little it’s worth, Perl is very much not dead.

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Fire-Dragon-DoL 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Maybe try ruby, or you could use go (yeah, have to compile)