"Compatible because we run the other program" isn't really compatibility, it's running the other program. Let's be clear: The syntax and idiosyncrasies and jus

"Compatible because we run the other program" isn't really compatibility, it's running the other program. Let's be clear: The syntax and idiosyncrasies and just plain stupidity of cmd.exe are very, very difficult to be compatible with. There's stuff in cmd.exe that beggars the words "awful and random". Deprecating the terrible thing that is cmd is a good move, it should have been done 20 years ago. As I understand it, cmd.exe largely stagnated for a couple of decades because a senior dev at Microsoft "owned" the code and took any attempt to improve as a personal affront. It couldn't be changed without bad political fallout. (Frankly I don't care how smart or politically powerful you are: If you're doing damage to customers, you should be told not to, and lose your job if you keep doing it). So Microsoft is finally getting it. I just wish that PowerShell wasn't their answer, because it's got significant problems of its own.