Comments on: Consistent Command-Line Interface: One More Reason to Like PowerShell http://halr9000.com/article/474 (powershell & other stuff) Thu, 17 May 2012 06:21:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: halr9000 http://halr9000.com/article/474/comment-page-1#comment-6565 halr9000 Mon, 24 Mar 2008 17:57:23 +0000 http://halr9000.com/article/474#comment-6565 Well said, Oh Nameless One. My post was not so much a rip on BSD as it was a contrast to "just something I came across today". I could have chosen from a dozen other similar examples, across ALL platforms, including Microsoft's own stuff as new as the weeks-old Server 2008. Well said, Oh Nameless One. My post was not so much a rip on BSD as it was a contrast to “just something I came across today”. I could have chosen from a dozen other similar examples, across ALL platforms, including Microsoft’s own stuff as new as the weeks-old Server 2008.

]]> By: See above http://halr9000.com/article/474/comment-page-1#comment-6564 See above Mon, 24 Mar 2008 17:55:10 +0000 http://halr9000.com/article/474#comment-6564 My point is that building a new system based on a system that has evolved over decades really gives you an opportunity to start things clean and consistent. Evolution of a system leads to innovation, but generally creates a mess. Saying that a fresh implementation is more consistent isn't a bragging point. I would say that PowerShell's main innovation or bragging point is that it is built around an object oriented platform. My point is that building a new system based on a system that has evolved over decades really gives you an opportunity to start things clean and consistent. Evolution of a system leads to innovation, but generally creates a mess. Saying that a fresh implementation is more consistent isn’t a bragging point.

I would say that PowerShell’s main innovation or bragging point is that it is built around an object oriented platform.

]]> By: halr9000 http://halr9000.com/article/474/comment-page-1#comment-6563 halr9000 Mon, 24 Mar 2008 17:47:52 +0000 http://halr9000.com/article/474#comment-6563 I know Powerhell owes a lot to *nix and Perl for its roots. Something about standing on the backs of giants. But you really cannot claim that anything in the Unix or Linux world is all that consistent. There's several good efforts, but nothing cohesive at the level of PowerShell. I know Powerhell owes a lot to *nix and Perl for its roots. Something about standing on the backs of giants. But you really cannot claim that anything in the Unix or Linux world is all that consistent. There’s several good efforts, but nothing cohesive at the level of PowerShell.

]]> By: halr9000 http://halr9000.com/article/474/comment-page-1#comment-6562 halr9000 Mon, 24 Mar 2008 17:42:03 +0000 http://halr9000.com/article/474#comment-6562 From a buddy who shall remain nameless: "Ripping on NetBSD is pretty low. /most/ Unix commands use --help. Very few of them don't, and simply don't because they were established before standards. This is like Germany bragging that they have entirely new infrastructure and government buildings. Yeah, because every once and awhile, the rest of the world blows the old stuff up!" From a buddy who shall remain nameless:

“Ripping on NetBSD is pretty low. /most/ Unix commands use –help. Very few of them don’t, and simply don’t because they were established before standards. This is like Germany bragging that they have entirely new infrastructure and government buildings. Yeah, because every once and awhile, the rest of the world blows the old stuff up!”

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