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> Can we actually improve the POSIX shell? PowerShell?

• chasil 4y ago
  No, that won't work. $ ll /bin/dash -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 85368 Jan 5 09:52 /bin/dash If you can make Powershell in a binary that size, then you have a valid point.
  • shubhamkrm 4y ago
    But why? Storage is much cheaper today than it was in the 80s. While I myself don’t like huge Electron apps, trying to save every byte of storage is simply not worth it.
    • chasil 4y ago
      Embedded applications on smaller systems are why. The POSIX shell is common, from the largest supercomputer down to the smallest ARM. I don't think that there will be any new developments covering that full scope.
      • deafpolygon 4y ago
        Embedded systems don't exclude PowerShell from being a replacement for POSIX shells. Maybe embedded systems should not strive to be POSIX.
      • pjmlp 4y ago
        Many embedded systems hardly have any shell, and even when they do, it isn't bash (which isn't POSIX anyway), rather a tiny subset with the basic tooling for maintenance.