[FoRK] Open source PowerShell clone available

[Dr. Ernie Prabhakar]

Hi Ken,

On Apr 8, 2008, at 2:04 PM, Ken Meltsner wrote:
> Not a straight clone, but inspired by PoSh and implemented in Python:
>
> http://hotwire-shell.org/
>
> I think the happy medium will include a really good parser and
> template system to "objectify" stdin and stdout text streams.  Sort of
> like Perl*, I guess, but with more interactivity and GUI goodness.
>
> * I don't like Perl, although I seem to be in a minority on this one.
> I'd prefer Scheme or Javascript, but those are still minority
> languages.  I suppose there's always Arc.

Interesting.  In the same vein, I've been keeping an eye on RuSH:

http://www.rubyinside.com/rush-a-ruby-shell-that-abstracts-system-operations-into-ruby-ones-765.html

The nicest feature is the way it transparently handles remote hosts.   
Not quite mature enough to replace bash, but I'm hoping...

-- Ernie P.