On Sat, 08 Oct 2011 09:48:10 -0700, Darren New wrote:

> On 10/7/2011 21:47, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> Well, no, it's more about advanced usage.  And CLI in Windows these
>> days is also for advanced users.
> 
> And for anything above the level of really simple BAT files, you're
> better off using wsh, which is much closer to bash than cmd.exe.

And a relatively recent development, no?

>> Like you said, it's an extra install.  sed/grep/awk/perl/vim are
>> standard tools in most Linux installs.
> 
> I'd argue the entire Linux install is a free, extra install. ;-)

Of course you would, coming from a Windows background.  You'd probably 
also call it 'unnecessary'. ;)

>> I can edit text files without installing tools that are non standard.
> 
> You can edit the registry without installing non-standard tools too. If
> you're going to argue that a developer having to download the free
> developer toolkit is a significant difference, then you really shouldn't
> be a developer on Windows. ;-)

Good thing I'm not a Windows developer. ;)

Point is, on most *nix systems, those are standard tools, not an 
additional download.

Jim

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