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by duaneb 4458 days ago
Yes, things are looking healthy for Microsoft's developer reputation. Now if only they implemented C99 and full POSIX....
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astrodust 4458 days ago
If they could make Windows actually POSIX compliant and have a proper shell it would be a massive step forward for the platform.

It's not that Windows is different, but that Windows is just plain broken and there's heaps of hacks on top of that to try and deal with the awful design. PowerShell is an attempt to fix CMD which is an attempt to fix batch files and the feeble CPM inspired command prompt.

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kasabali 4457 days ago
You know Microsoft had a POSIX subsystem in Windows not long ago, right? http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc754351.aspx http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interix http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_POSIX_subsystem
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duaneb 4455 days ago
That's a very minimal definition of POSIX.
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