[integraton]

> It's fundamentally different.

That's because the object pipeline is functionally analogous to function chaining within a single runtime like in Python or Ruby, not streaming data between arbitrary executables like in Unix pipelines.

This would be a lot clearer if PowerShell advocates compared it to things that it's actually functionally analogous to, but they are trying to position it as a Unix shell competitor.

[useerup]

> That's because the object pipeline is functionally analogous to function chaining within a single runtime like in Python or Ruby

No it is not. See my response below.