Posix vs. Windows

[Dmitry Olshansky]

On 19.05.2012 3:03, H. S. Teoh wrote:
> On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 11:08:26PM +0200, Mehrdad wrote:
>> On Friday, 18 May 2012 at 19:40:35 UTC, H. S. Teoh wrote:
>>> This is one of those things that makes Windows (l)users wonder how we
>>> Unix people can stand using the shell all day -- their idea of shell
>>> is the DOS prompt (a veritable train wreck of train wrecks).  If only
>>> they knew what a *real* shell can do. ;-)
>>
>>
>> Don't generalize. :P
>
> Well, that was partially tongue-in-cheek. ;-)
>
>
>> I'm a Windows user, but yes, I've used Linux.... and yes, the command
>> prompt is indeed a train wreck. Bash is indeed a lot better.
>>
>> And no, I haven't used PowerShell; I hate programs that take too long
>> to start up.
>
> Whoa. PowerShell takes a long time to start up? Sounds like it's already
> a train wreck even before you start using it.
>

Far is the command line for windows. And a decent editor, and ftp client 
that doesn't suck and..

-- 
Dmitry Olshansky