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Re:Video Pros Moving from Mac to Windows for High-End GPUs by rubber_duck on Friday February 24, 2017 @05:40PM (#13728606)
Again you're talking completely different abstraction layers - unless you're saying that you can use a scripting language to use something like windows automation API to click GUI and stuff.

My point is that Windows has a culture of black box monolithic apps with GUI focused (if not GUI exclusive) functionality exposing. Nothing stopping you from exposing stuff like commandlets for PS and composing them to build higher level systems - but people don't really do this - and they do in UNIX systems - things end up being more transparent.

Nothing to do with any shell or anything really - more about UNIX philosophy of small focused apps composed together vs monolithic apps.

When you're developing stuff UNIX approach is IMO way preferable.

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Re:Video Pros Moving from Mac to Windows for High-End GPUs by pjmlp on Saturday February 25, 2017 @04:35AM (#13730819)
Windows is not the only alternative to UNIX, there are plenty of OS out there full of developers.

UNIX, is also full black box monolithic apps with GUI, there is a UNIX world out there beyond GNU/Linux and *BSD FOSS culture.

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