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Because you are just used to the way how bash/zsh works and Powershell is superior to any of the shells mentioned. I am a "recent" powershell convert (started 1

Because you are just used to the way how bash/zsh works and Powershell is superior to any of the shells mentioned. I am a "recent" powershell convert (started 1y ago) and this different paradigm feels now more natural than traditional text parsing.

posguy 9y ago
Wow, way to completely ignore the question. Saying "its better" without even responding to the glaring unresolved errors by MS I highlighted is totally pointless. Your comment successfully added nothing of value to this HN thread, besides showing your lack of ability to string together a coherent and logical reply, good jerb!
- holydude 9y ago
  Quiet the contrary to be honest. Calling MS tech names and dismissing the great work of those that created PS is just a sign of immaturity or simply an OSS zealotry. Your bashing of PS either comes from ignorance or you simply did not invest enough time to learn the technology. Tab completion and copy/pasting works flawlessly in powershell..you can even pipe to clip and have it in your clipboard. Downloading a damn file from internet is one of the simplest things you can do in PowerShell (and imho more pleasant than gluing wget/curl in your scripts). Bashing the syntax is totally unfair as it's a different paradigm.
  - posguy 9y ago
    I tried approximately a year ago to figure out Powershell, other people in this thread have said "Oh, install all these things to clean it up, here are only a handful of them, have fun" which is pretty useless. I don't want to have to spend my time installing a bunch of crap on each Windows box I touch, it either has sane defaults and is usable from the get go, or I'm polishing a turd.
    - nailer 9y ago
      As the powershell advocate I get where you're coming from. Half the stuff in PSCX should be there by default, as should a damned tabbed terminal (ComEmu and Hyper both have serious issues right now). At least Microsoft is working on the latter.
    - holydude 9y ago
      I totally agree that's why I never install anything beyond what's there by default. I do not even try to enable stuff that is normally disabled. With that I learned to live with somewhat crappy terminal. Other than that I do not see anything that I would need.
stinos 9y ago
I share your enthusiasm about PS, and yes I personally like e.g. it's object piping way more than plain text piping and sometimes error-prone parsing in *nix, but calling it 'superior' is maybe a bridge too far. Above all, it's just different.
- nailer 9y ago
  It's like comparing Word to TeX. Word presentation is usually content. In TeX they're separate. From that point of view you could reasonably argue that powershell is superior.

posguy 9y ago

Wow, way to completely ignore the question. Saying "its better" without even responding to the glaring unresolved errors by MS I highlighted is totally pointless. Your comment successfully added nothing of value to this HN thread, besides showing your lack of ability to string together a coherent and logical reply, good jerb!

holydude 9y ago
Quiet the contrary to be honest. Calling MS tech names and dismissing the great work of those that created PS is just a sign of immaturity or simply an OSS zealotry. Your bashing of PS either comes from ignorance or you simply did not invest enough time to learn the technology. Tab completion and copy/pasting works flawlessly in powershell..you can even pipe to clip and have it in your clipboard. Downloading a damn file from internet is one of the simplest things you can do in PowerShell (and imho more pleasant than gluing wget/curl in your scripts). Bashing the syntax is totally unfair as it's a different paradigm.
- posguy 9y ago
  I tried approximately a year ago to figure out Powershell, other people in this thread have said "Oh, install all these things to clean it up, here are only a handful of them, have fun" which is pretty useless. I don't want to have to spend my time installing a bunch of crap on each Windows box I touch, it either has sane defaults and is usable from the get go, or I'm polishing a turd.
  - nailer 9y ago
    As the powershell advocate I get where you're coming from. Half the stuff in PSCX should be there by default, as should a damned tabbed terminal (ComEmu and Hyper both have serious issues right now). At least Microsoft is working on the latter.
  - holydude 9y ago
    I totally agree that's why I never install anything beyond what's there by default. I do not even try to enable stuff that is normally disabled. With that I learned to live with somewhat crappy terminal. Other than that I do not see anything that I would need.

stinos 9y ago

I share your enthusiasm about PS, and yes I personally like e.g. it's object piping way more than plain text piping and sometimes error-prone parsing in *nix, but calling it 'superior' is maybe a bridge too far. Above all, it's just different.

nailer 9y ago
It's like comparing Word to TeX. Word presentation is usually content. In TeX they're separate. From that point of view you could reasonably argue that powershell is superior.