This is a mistake, but forgivable, as Windows executable launch behavior blurs this distinction. Just like UNIX shells, cmd and PowerShell are ordinary console

This is a mistake, but forgivable, as Windows executable launch behavior blurs this distinction. Just like UNIX shells, cmd and PowerShell are ordinary console programs. The Windows equivalent to xterm and friends — i.e., the mechanism responsible for displaying console I/O in a window — is a bit complicated, has changed over time, and only recently (Windows 10 1809 / Server 2019) adopted a UNIX-like pseudo tty / terminal emulator model. For a good overview of Windows console architecture, past and present, see https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/windows-command-line-inside-the-windows-console/ https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/windows-command-l...