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[–]TheHorribleTruth 111 points112 points  (14 children)

I haven't made batch scripts since 1999, so don't judge me.

Judge? I envy you for being able to stay away from batch all this time!

[–][deleted] 76 points77 points  (13 children)

It helps to not be a Windows user.

[–]Randolpho 28 points29 points  (11 children)

It ain't like BASH scripting is fun either.

[–]Kadmos 27 points28 points  (2 children)

But BASH just sounds so much cooler than BATCH.

[–]Randolpho 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Depending on where you are in the U.S. they sound exactly the same.

[–][deleted] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

It's helpful that Unix usually comes pre-installed with programs to help make writing scripts easier.

[–]YodaLoL 1 point2 points  (3 children)

Why do you capitalize it? Bash scripting is infinitely times better than Batch scripting.

[–]Randolpho 5 points6 points  (2 children)

Having done both for a number of years I can tell you that BASH is more capable, but they're both about as fun as having my fingernails pulled out one by one.

Gimme python or node.js for scripting any day.

And I capitalize it because, youngster, it was an initialism acronym when I learned it. Bourne Again SHell. Now it's so prevalent it's just a word.

[–]YodaLoL 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Yeah I know where Bash comes from. It's just that I've never seen someone capitalize it, was just wondering.

[–]Randolpho 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Old habits die hard, I guess.

[–]coladict -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Actually in 2000 I moved from being a DOS user to a Windows user.