News for hackers. Stuff that matters.
Re:Why Create a New Unix Shell? by cube2222 on Thursday February 01, 2018 @05:21AM (#16280752)
You can run windows programs out of bash (I mean the wsl bash), and you can also create wrapper bat files to use Linux tools/programs from Windows.
Re:Why Create a New Unix Shell? by throwaway7645 on Thursday February 01, 2018 @12:03PM (#16283472)
True, but it's a hack...not something fluid/elegant/seamless or efficient. I'm not a software engineer. I'm just a traditional engineer that wants an OS written for a power user that allows me to do my job more efficiently. Dealing with a multitude of wrappers is worth it if you're writing production software of course, but not if you write a lot of one off scripts for day to day work.
Re:Why Create a New Unix Shell? by chaotic_clanger on Thursday February 01, 2018 @06:18AM (#16281031)
i see ( https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/interop )

that was not possible when i tried it, thanks for pointing it out