On Sat, 08 Oct 2011 19:02:28 -0700, Darren New wrote:

> 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.

Shows how long it's been since I looked into this. :)

>>>> 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.

Yeah, I knew it was a joke, that's why I winked. ;)

Jim

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