I suspect you find Powershell "gross" only in a sense that "it is not a sh-inspired shell", but that's quite subjective. Now, cmd.exe, that is objectively gross

I suspect you find Powershell "gross" only in a sense that "it is not a sh-inspired shell", but that's quite subjective. Now, cmd.exe, that is objectively gross. But Powershell? Unless your first shell experience was bash and it imprinted on you, no, it's not gross.