[sytelus]

PowerShell should be taught in university as example of how poorly designed system devoid of taste and aesthetic looks like. It's an ugly monstrosity that makes me puke every time I try to use it. The only reason some people might like it is because they have been tortured by Windows defaults for many years and finally they got used to this utter mediocracy.

[delta_p_delta_x]

It'd be good if you could actually justify why you think PowerShell is inferior to UNIX shells, instead of going on an impassioned but unsubstantiated rant.

[keithnz]

I think powershell is actually really well designed. Some of the syntax leaves a bit to be desired, but other than that I think it's really good. What do you think is poorly designed?

[devnullbrain]

> Some of the syntax leaves a bit to be desired

That's quite poor design for a shell! It's like saying an OS is well designed except the mouse and keyboard input leaves a bit to be desired - because they were designed for scripting first and users second.

[keithnz]

Nothing like that, It's Mostly its fine, and certainly no worse than bash.