On Thu, 18 Aug 2016 21:00:33 -0400 Eli Schwartz via arch-general <arch-general@archlinux.org> wrote:
On 08/18/2016 08:35 PM, Kyle Terrien via arch-general wrote:
I haven't used PowerShell much. But in briefly looking at it, the commands are very verbose compared to Unix/Linux. E.g. grep is something like Get-Item.
My Windows survival kit currently consists of Cygwin, which still kicks butt to this day. You could even run a full X server under Cygwin.
This. Absolutely this.
Why would anyone want to use an overly-verbose scripting language like PowerShell as an interactive shell, **unless it was their only option**?
If you think PowerShell is bad, you should try batch. ;-) If I remember correctly, there aren't even structured if statements. There is reason why PowerShell was invented: batch stunk so badly. --Kyle -- The computer can't tell you the emotional story. It can give you the exact mathematical design, but what's missing is the eyebrows. - Frank Zappa