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I'd say that the main advantage of Linux here is that it helps get you started; it's really easy to make a quick CLI tool, usually in the form of a shell, perl
by wazoox 15y ago
I'd say that the main advantage of Linux here is that it helps get you started; it's really easy to make a quick CLI tool, usually in the form of a shell, perl or python script, that is useful -- scratching an itch.
This applies quite well to Mac OS, of course, but to run Mac OS you'll need a Mac...
- recursive 15y agoYou can also write python and powershell scripts in windows.
- wazoox 15y agoOf course, but from my experience opening a CLI is completely unnatural to Windows users, much more than even Mac users.
- recursive 15y agoAnd most Windows aren't developers. The fact that linux has a CLI isn't a particularly compelling reason not to use Windows though, since Windows also does.
- kragen 15y agoYou are not seriously comparing CMD.EXE with gnome-terminal and bash, are you? Come on.
- wazoox 15y agoIt's a cultural difference and nothing more. On Linux, opening a CLI is something natural and common, something that every user does at times. Hence writing a quick CLI script seems more natural than on windows.