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And apparently being able to add new features without "breaking the world"

• ivalm 7y ago
  But even their own example was UI related, I wonder if this is just a way for them to fork "window console" to allow modern UI.
• i386 7y ago
  Raymond Chen had a good explanation for why the've been very hesitant to modernise cmd.exe but I can't seem to find it.
  • heinrich5991 7y ago
    I'm interested in case you or someone else finds it. :)
    • Insanity 7y ago
      In this blogpost I found a possible reference to it: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20060427-21/?p=31383 https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20060427-21/?p=31... Saying "shipping a new command shell". Unfortunately the URL gives me a 403.
      • fermentation 7y ago
        Is it me or does that last bit seem weirdly passive aggressive
        • Insanity 7y ago
          The last part of my comment? :O surely wasn't intentional if do :)
          • robrtsql 7y ago
            They probably meant the last line of the post you linked. > So good luck with your replacement command shell. I hope you figure out how to run batch files. Yep, seems passive aggressive
            • Insanity 7y ago
              Yup, that makes more sense :)
      • Arnavion 7y ago
        >Saying "shipping a new command shell". Unfortunately the URL gives me a 403. The article is at https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20050909-24/?p=34263 https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20050909-24/?p=34... but the link is specifically to a comment that isn't preserved. At any rate it was probably just a comment where someone asked why MS can't ship a new command shell.
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