jbhoot / poc-scripting-rename-files

This POC is an attempt to test various languages for scripting

Problem statement

Rename only HTML files (*.html) in the script's parent directory.

Parameters

I am trying to emulate the environment of a shell script.

• Single-file script. That means dependencies, if any, should be inline. They should not need out-of-file set-up. Otherwise, make do with the language's stdlib.

Analysis

Scala uses non-stdlib dependency os-path, but only because Scala CLI makes it seamless to keep the script within the Parameters described above – mainly, a single-file script which can declare dependencies inline.

• Scala is the most concise
• Lisps (Common Lisp) is the most verbose.
• OCaml sits in-between.
• Both Lisp and OCaml would have been more concise if non-stdlib deps were used. But that would involve a lot more tools and files – asdf, quicklisp, opam, dune, *.opam, dune file. Scala 3.5 needs only Scala itself.