On Tue, May 03, 2011 at 09:46:04AM +0200, Polytropon wrote: > > There also is an additional tool called something like "Power shell" > (not fully sure, I'm not a "Windows" person) that is more like a UNIX > shell than CMD.EXE, which has its origins in the COMMAND.COM of DOS - > not the _real_ DOS of course. :-)
It's *not* really much like a Unix shell, actually. For instance, it doesn't have the Unix pipeline (which cmd.exe *does* have). Instead, it assumes everything you'll be passing around in it is basically a serialized object in the tradition of the .NET framework. It is, in short, more of a glue code development tool for .NET developers than a proper command shell. You can abuse it as a command shell if you want to, but in my experience the REPL for the R6RS (Scheme) implementation called Ypsilon serves as a better command shell than PowerShell. -- Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ]
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