On 10/8/2011 14:45, Jim Henderson wrote:
> 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?

"""
Windows Script Host is distributed and installed by default on Windows 98 
and later versions of Windows. It is also installed if Internet Explorer 5 
(or a later version) is installed. Beginning with Windows 2000, the Windows 
Script Host became available for use with user login scripts.
"""

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'. ;)

That was a joke. I actually read the source code of Unix V7 when it was new, 
long before Windows was a chocolate bar in Gate's back pocket. I don't come 
from a Windows background. I come from a microcomputer and mainframe 
background. I just know more about Windows internals than most Linux fans.

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

And that's about as important as pointing out that Windows can uninstall 
TCP/IP or that Windows reboots thrice instead of twice during the OS install.

-- 
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   How come I never get only one kudo?

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