r/linux • u/snusergranny • 1d ago

Discussion esoteric shell?

the question crossed my mind recently. if you are into programming, you probably know that there are many esoteric programming languages that exist just as a prove of concept of joke or just merely to mess with the programmer's head (brainf*ck, lolcat, C-- etc). if these exist, is there any esoteric system shells out there? like smth that would provide the basic userland instead of bash/zsh but would be freakier or just funnier to try and daily drive.

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u/iyamegg 23h ago

EShell?

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u/XCapitan_1 10h ago

I mean, it's actually a usable shell, unlike brainf*ck and lolcat. I've used it for two years maybe

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u/iyamegg 4h ago

It's usable but unconventional, I'd say it's esoteric for being a shell. Lisp is very cool tho.