What is a lesser known programming language that you think could be better than Python for non-programmers doing general scripting?

• rebol

  8 855 0.0 C

  Source code for the Rebol interpreter

  

In theory, something like Rebol is much better, but you have to accept that a big bonus in favor of python is it’s popularity, so much easier to find answers if you are stuck, etc

• AutoHotkey

  1,026 8,433 9.1 C++

  AutoHotkey - macro-creation and automation-oriented scripting utility for Windows.

  

For small programs and tasks? AutoHotKey

• InfluxDB

  www.influxdata.com featured

  Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.

  

• racket

  188 4,703 9.7 Racket

  The Racket repository

  

In a different vein, Racket and has a really good CS101-style cirriculum to go with it used at a few universities.

• nushell

  214 30,246 9.9 Rust

  A new type of shell

  

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