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by zbjornson 3714 days ago
PowerShell actually does have data structures, and that's my favorite part of it. Pipe a directory listing as an object instead of text so you can access properties directly instead of parsing text!
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pjmlp 3714 days ago
No,I mean displaying them inline in the REPL and allowing you to interact with them.
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snuxoll 3714 days ago
Well, that's an issue with the REPL, not the design of PowerShell. No reason you couldn't make one that does this.
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pjmlp 3714 days ago
Sure, I do like it much more than any UNIX alternative and it is the only widespread shell that is closer to the experiences I was referring to.

But that REPL could be improved, that is what I mean.

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