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> Many more people used MS-DOS/Windows during that time. But not since. No one writes new win16 or DOS or batch files. People still write shell scripts. Eve
by ajross 3y ago
> Many more people used MS-DOS/Windows during that time.
But not since. No one writes new win16 or DOS or batch files. People still write shell scripts. Every day. Despite the existence of a deluge of supposedly better solutions. And if your explanation for why shell is so terrible doesn't have a way to explain that, I argue it's an incorrect explanation.
"We all have Stockholm Syndrome" is just ridiculous, btw.
- yyyk 3y ago>But not since >No one writes new win16 or DOS or batch files. More than you'd think (CMD files are still supported). Fortunately the syntax is too basic for it to be used too much. However, EXCEL+VBScript runs the financial world. Is VBScript a good language? Shell and VBScript have some half-decent insights for their time, but they have remained stuck while programming languages have improved. The reason people write less CMD files - because Microsoft improved with Powershell.