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The shell is the tool that allows us to talk to our computers, and for our computers to talk to us. Until a better way comes out to tell the computer what to d
by axilmar 6y ago
The shell is the tool that allows us to talk to our computers, and for our computers to talk to us.
Until a better way comes out to tell the computer what to do, the command line will prevail.
- WJW 6y agoI alsways explain it to new students as the shell being the equivalent of "under the hood" but for computers instead of cars. If you go to a car mechanic with engine problems and they won't even inspect under the hood, it's probably not a very good mechanic. (The last few years have not been too kind to this metaphor because of computer-based analytics, but still)