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powershell is ok, I guess, but the core issue is it's over-engineered.

Bash is weird, but it is everywhere and it's simple, and that simplicity is going the be very difficult to replace. How do replace nothing?

I love Python, do switch to it.

( The windows and MS stack is utter balls )

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> the core issue is it's over-engineered.

I wouldn't call it over-engineered. Ambitious? Maybe, but I don't see PowerShell lagging behind in any front it's designed for.

Honestly my biggest complaint is just that it's more verbose than bash which is admittedly pretty cryptic at times. Now that I've learned bash though, I have little need to move to PowerShell.

Bash is tough to learn at first because its syntax is alien but I've learned enough to get things done with it.

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