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Re:Why Create a New Unix Shell? by arghwhat on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @05:00PM (#16277934)
"to type a few commands here and there"

Where's "my shell is my desktop environment"? :/

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Re:Why Create a New Unix Shell? by Spivak on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @09:04PM (#16279216)
/pedantic

Everyone's desktop environment is a shell.

But any shell you like is suitable for that use case since it doesn't have to be compatible with anything other than your fingers.

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