Amber is a language that transpiles to bash, offering a more readable and maintainable way to script while retaining bash's ubiquity. The article discusses a recent FOSDEM 2026 presentation on best practices for using Amber, including examples of its Python-like syntax and dependency checking features. Zsh support is also in development.
The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is developing TRACTOR, a project aimed at using AI to automatically convert legacy C code into Rust for improved memory safety.
Pnut is a transpiler that allows users to write shell scripts in C, which is then compiled into a POSIX-compliant shell script. It aims to simplify shell scripting by leveraging the familiarity of C.
