New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: Why hasn't anyone made a bash-like shell that directly targets Windows?
Ask HN: Why hasn't anyone made a bash-like shell that directly targets Windows?
5 by brundolf | 4 comments on Hacker News.
I get that some aspects of bash and friends are wrapped up in Unix/GNU/etc, but not everything. It seems like there are lots of core commands and basic interaction features, and maybe even some things like Linux-style piping, that could be replicated on Windows without bridging the entirety of the Linux system interfaces for 100% compatibility (like WSL does). Why isn't there a native Windows shell out there that's just designed to be comfortable-enough for bash users, in the low-hanging ways?
5 by brundolf | 4 comments on Hacker News.
I get that some aspects of bash and friends are wrapped up in Unix/GNU/etc, but not everything. It seems like there are lots of core commands and basic interaction features, and maybe even some things like Linux-style piping, that could be replicated on Windows without bridging the entirety of the Linux system interfaces for 100% compatibility (like WSL does). Why isn't there a native Windows shell out there that's just designed to be comfortable-enough for bash users, in the low-hanging ways?
