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JdeBP on Oct 28, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Microsoft, I Forgive You

It's a console.

* http://jdebp.eu./FGA/a-cli-is-not-a-dos-prompt.html

* http://jdebp.eu./FGA/a-command-interpreter-is-not-a-console....

* http://jdebp.eu./FGA/tui-console-and-terminal-paradigms.html

The sad thing is that the Interix subsystem did improve on the console, giving it a far more complete terminal emulation for starters, and Microsoft owns it. The WSL did not build upon this.

* https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11581935

* https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11581935

* http://jdebp.eu./FGA/interix-terminal-type.html

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