I remember my first shell programming I ever did was batch in windows back in the 3.11/95 days. The first line was always to turn off echo, and I've always won

I remember my first shell programming I ever did was batch in windows back in the 3.11/95 days. The first line was always to turn off echo, and I've always wondered why that was a decision for batch script. Or I'm misremembering. 30 years of separation makes it hard to remember the details.