From: Dave Burt <dave@...>
Date: 2005-09-05T17:16:28+09:00
Subject: Re: windows shell

Bill Kelly wrote:
> It can't even escape its own metacharacters.
>
> Its scripting/command language isn't remotely Turing-complete.

JScript/WSH replaces shell scripts for anything too hard for a batch file, 
and IMHO it's prettier than shell language for some things.

> Its commands don't output information in ways that facilitate
> being piped together.

You can get native ports for most of these GNU utils to Windows; I use these 
heaps. It's not a shell issue at all.

> <snip vitriol>

Cheers,
Dave