Re:jc: Converts the output of popular command-line tools to ...
by zlg_codes on Friday December 08, 2023 @07:23PM
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What would I use PowerShell to do, though? Most of Windows is a GUI.
That's a key problem with the developer story on Windows, especially coming from GNU/Linux. Where are my standard compilers and libraries? What use do I have for a terminal on Windows? In bash, I get powerful commands and a simple text-based pipeline hooked up to coreutils and literally anything else that runs on the command line, which is a metric ton of software in that ecosystem.
Back to Windows. What would I want PowerShell to do? What would I use PowerShell for that I wouldn't want to just use Bash instead? Windows doesn't have coreutils or nice command line software to do fun or powerful things with.
I see PowerShell as a "look we have a terminal!" from Windows, but nothing that I want to do in said terminal to motivate me to learn.
Updating coreutils is a losing game at this point. Of course people will get angry when a well designed solution gradually takes over simply, because it is better.