> It means you have to execute commands through a shell. Except you don't. There is no need to involve a shell. > A real API would be something you could incl

> It means you have to execute commands through a shell. Except you don't. There is no need to involve a shell. > A real API would be something you could include in your program, execute a method against and get a list of objects back. So, Web APIs are not APIs? Also, you can execute methods against command line programs, method names usually start with a dash.