• easily3667@lemmus.org
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    6 hours ago

    Why is it factually and objectively not?

    It has standard bash capabilities and also can run standard dotnet libraries. What can bash do that PowerShell can’t?

    I’m skipping by the POSIX part because well…posix lost except insofar as it lives on in the two mainstream highly proprietary OSs.

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      5 hours ago

      It has standard bash capabilities

      Well, ya. Its terminal interface, I’d expect it to have “basic” capabilities.

      also can run standard dotnet libraries.

      That’s not exactly a selling point.

      What can bash do that PowerShell can’t?

      Write succinct and easy to read commands. Interop with all the powerful tools in the Linux ecosystem (which is the point of a shell like bash).

      posix lost except insofar as it lives on in the two mainstream highly proprietary OSs.

      That’s just simply not true. Three majority of core utils you find on most Linux systems are POSIX compliant or mostly compliant. IIRC all the GNU tools are POSIX.

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        5 hours ago

        So your factual and objective point is, let me make sure I captured this right, is:

        • Bash looks pretty
        • Bash can run executables

        Cool