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Microsoft PowerShell RC1

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the new-syntax-to-learn dept.

rst+ack writes "Microsoft has released RC1 version of PowerShell the .NET-based shell with perl-like syntax previously known as Monad or MSH. PowerShell (PS) has been covered a few times on Slashdot. Contrary to cmd.exe and Unix/Linux shells it operates on objects, not text when passing data between scripts and executables. Easy access to .NET classes allows users to create quite advanced solutions in short time. PS won't be shipped with Vista or Windows Server 2007 but it will debut with Exchange 12."

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  1. So basically is Visual Basic 6 all over again? by Monkelectric · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    This sounds very disturbing.

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  2. Passport ID required to download? by LochNess · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    No thanks.

  3. Name by lRem · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    And why would one use such a weak name as Monad, when it can be brilliantly named Power Shell?

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  4. Re:can you? by drinkypoo · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Why don't you download one of those utilities and try using it before you suggest it? They don't work on console windows.

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  5. Re:Text by pete-classic · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    You might try re-reading my post when your sense of humor gets back from the shop.

    -Peter

  6. Re:can you? by jericho4.0 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    He was trying to help, jerk.

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  7. Re:can you? by drinkypoo · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Next time I feel like being helpful, I'll shut the fuck up, okay?

    That would probably be for the best, since you apparently didn't really read my comment to begin with. I wrote "if only the window could be made transparent". I didn't write, "if only it had a transparency option". To a person with more than two neurons to rub together, these are different statements.

    Obviously, you've never actually tried to make a console window transparent, thus you didn't know what you were talking about, thus offering advice was not valuable. It's not like I'm mad at you, but you did require correction before you gave the same crap advice to someone else.

    I really didn't mean to make you feel bad in the first place, or I would have used more harsh language, but now you've set me off.

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    "You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"