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There is a lot of elitism around bash, like the "Arch btw" thing but far worse because a lot of important things depends on it. Powershell has been working on

• lokedhs 6y ago
  It doesn't copy all the good things about the Unix shell though. The reason people are comfortable with the POSIX shell is because you use the same syntax for typing commands manually as you do for scripts. But, you're going to have a hard time finding people who prefers writing: Remove-Item some/directory -recursive Rather than rm -fr some/directory People who write shellscripts are often not seeing themselves writing a "program". They are just automating things they would do manually. Going to an IDE in this case is not something you'd consider. I happen to be very aware of all the pitfalls in POSIX shell, and it's rare that I see a shellscript where I cannot immediately point out multiple potential problems, and I definitely agree that most scripts should probably be written in a language that doesn't contain so many guns aimed at the user's feet. I'm just pointing out a likely reason why people are not adopting powershell in the huge numbers that Microsoft may have hoped for.
  • majkinetor 6y ago
    Nonsence. This is the same in powershell: rm -r -f some/directory