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I've heard numerous people say PowerShell is better than bash. I think they ported bash just to bring the bash audience over to windows...not because there's a

I've heard numerous people say PowerShell is better than bash. I think they ported bash just to bring the bash audience over to windows...not because there's any objective quality improvements. I could be wrong. There's a lot to love about bash. Just alot MORE to love about actual fully featured dynamic programming languages i think. It's interesting to think about.

LeonB 5y ago
I believe Microsoft’s move toward Linux is to make Azure competitive. Azure is a “bet the farm” strategy for Microsoft (and has been since before it launched) - they’ll do anything they need to do to make it work. (And so far it’s been a pretty good play!)
- nickthemagicman 5y ago
  Yep. Why not make it easy for your competitors to join your ecosystem? Most deff. They got a home run with Azure.
partdavid 5y ago
Powershell is better than bash. The things that are awkward about it are also awkward in bash, and generally less so (usually having to do with quoting details). Nothing is worse than in bash. And a huge amount of things are better. It's not perfect, there are things I don't like, aesthetic things that are a little strange, but these are shortcomings compared to some imaginary perfect shell, or to some other programming language. Not compared to bash. The only advantage bash has is install base and familiarity. Which isn't nothing, but on the merits of the program itself, powershell is better. I switched a couple years ago and haven't looked back.
- cutler 5y ago
  PowerShell is a verbose monstrosity that could only have been produced by a corporation like Microsoft and which appeals to those who pray at the altar of OOP. There, I've said it. Please leave shell scripting nice and imperative/procedural, far from the distant sound of approaching OOP jackboots.
  - partdavid 5y ago
    You might like tclsh.
  - nickthemagicman 5y ago
    I like python for that exact reason. You can get everything you want done with functions and imports. If want to OOP it's there but not convoluted. Its like OOP light.
    - cutler 5y ago
      For a shell substitute, though, Ruby and Perl are better due to their enhanced support for one-liners. Matz was smart enough to retain Perl's virtues when he created Ruby. Sadly Python has taken over in the same way that VHS killed-off Betamax.
edgyquant 5y ago
I almost agree, and I know the same kinds of people. That's why I mentioned CMD because powershell is more modern. I'm sure people cutting their teeth today will be more split on the subject of Powershell/Bash but my point was that no one was split on the subject of CMD and it was the "default" language for millions of people for, like, 20 years.

LeonB 5y ago

I believe Microsoft’s move toward Linux is to make Azure competitive. Azure is a “bet the farm” strategy for Microsoft (and has been since before it launched) - they’ll do anything they need to do to make it work. (And so far it’s been a pretty good play!)

nickthemagicman 5y ago
Yep. Why not make it easy for your competitors to join your ecosystem? Most deff. They got a home run with Azure.

partdavid 5y ago

Powershell is better than bash. The things that are awkward about it are also awkward in bash, and generally less so (usually having to do with quoting details). Nothing is worse than in bash. And a huge amount of things are better. It's not perfect, there are things I don't like, aesthetic things that are a little strange, but these are shortcomings compared to some imaginary perfect shell, or to some other programming language. Not compared to bash. The only advantage bash has is install base and familiarity. Which isn't nothing, but on the merits of the program itself, powershell is better. I switched a couple years ago and haven't looked back.

cutler 5y ago
PowerShell is a verbose monstrosity that could only have been produced by a corporation like Microsoft and which appeals to those who pray at the altar of OOP. There, I've said it. Please leave shell scripting nice and imperative/procedural, far from the distant sound of approaching OOP jackboots.
- partdavid 5y ago
  You might like tclsh.
- nickthemagicman 5y ago
  I like python for that exact reason. You can get everything you want done with functions and imports. If want to OOP it's there but not convoluted. Its like OOP light.
  - cutler 5y ago
    For a shell substitute, though, Ruby and Perl are better due to their enhanced support for one-liners. Matz was smart enough to retain Perl's virtues when he created Ruby. Sadly Python has taken over in the same way that VHS killed-off Betamax.

edgyquant 5y ago

I almost agree, and I know the same kinds of people. That's why I mentioned CMD because powershell is more modern. I'm sure people cutting their teeth today will be more split on the subject of Powershell/Bash but my point was that no one was split on the subject of CMD and it was the "default" language for millions of people for, like, 20 years.