It’s not an insane claim. PS is way wordier but it does deal with structured objects rather than just byte streams. I think of PS as being a closer match to VM/CMS Pipelines (but much less elegant). There are arguments to be made both ways. I generally prefer the byte stream where the producer and consumer have to agree on the format, but, well, Unix is my homeland. I guess I argue that PS minus IPC is COBOL to Bourne Shell’s C. Some people prefer it and de gustibus non est disputandum. On Thu, Nov 18, 2021 at 4:12 PM Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: > I recently had a discussion with some colleagues on the topic of > shells. Two people whom I respect both told me that Microsoft's > Powershell runs rings round the Bourne shell. > > Somehow that sounds like anathema to me, but it's not beyond the > bounds of possibility. Before I waste time investigating, can anybody > here give me some insights? > > Greg > -- > Sent from my desktop computer. > Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key. > See complete headers for address and phone numbers. > This message is digitally signed. If your Microsoft mail program > reports problems, please read http://lemis.com/broken-MUA.php > _______________________________________________ > COFF mailing list > COFF@minnie.tuhs.org > https://minnie.tuhs.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/coff >