Re:The Rule of Silence (2006)
by Pxtl on Tuesday December 13, 2016 @02:42PM
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I should've explained the background - these are C# coders coming to Powershell, not Unix admins.
The problem with Powershell is that it tried to have its cake and eat it too - it wants the lightweight IDE of Unix-philosophy tools, but the detailed structure of C# objects. The problem is that the former is tightly tied to the simple common api of raw text, and the latter is inherently dependent on an intellisense-oriented IDE and static typing that heavily hints the names and parameters of useful actions.
Powershell manages to combine the worst of both worlds - objects means more complex APIs, but without the powerful IDE guiding you around those APIs.
The problem with Powershell is that it tried to have its cake and eat it too - it wants the lightweight IDE of Unix-philosophy tools, but the detailed structure of C# objects. The problem is that the former is tightly tied to the simple common api of raw text, and the latter is inherently dependent on an intellisense-oriented IDE and static typing that heavily hints the names and parameters of useful actions.
Powershell manages to combine the worst of both worlds - objects means more complex APIs, but without the powerful IDE guiding you around those APIs.