Windows PowerShell is the greatest language ever. It's like Windows batch, except it's not!! It's like .NET and linux bash had a baby, and stuck it within all the greatest operating system ever made, Windows Vista and every version that came after it, including Windows ME and Microsoft SAM.

The language that has a greek-sounding name can't even compete, because it's a language mainly aimed for stone aged GUI software and business related software. How boring! In PowerShell, all you need to do is open the run dialog and enter "powershell", and you'll have access to all of .NET's library at your fingertips! Can that foreign-sounding language do the equivalent? Nope! You have to load a crufty development environment, that takes FOREVER to load, and it costs money, too. I'm also broke and have got things to do, and software and games to write very fastly so I can get EVEN MORE money!!

Sure, PowerShell's not as fast as compiled .NET or as delicious as gyros, and the syntax can be a little strange sometimes, but at least you can take command and batch files like nobody's business! If you really needed the optymizations, you could use .NET compiler directly, and feed C#, VB.NET, or even LISP into .NET's own compiler class! Wow, what a bargain -- it's like 3 languages in one! Not only that, PowerShell also features a DEBUGGER (free of propaganda) to help you help me help you find your bugs faster!

With all of these capabilities combined, you can write ANYTHING YOU PUT YOUR MIND TO.
Also, how long will it take a handful of people to write "World of Worldcraft" in PowerShell? I have GDI+ and a wooden spoon.

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Can it do make this ?

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Yes! Because you have direct access to System.Console, and you can play sounds as according to this random post I found after searching for "powershell play sound" in google.

VMS command language was the one. I wrote Battleships in that once.

(no sarcasm)

Is there a point to this, or did Powershell just touch you inappropriately that one time?

Is there a point to this, or did Powershell just touch you inappropriately that one time?

He was asking for it!

I was sad that they STILL haven't added ctrl+c/ctrl+v support to it. Right clicking (assuming you know where to look to enable this option) or Alt+Space+E+P to paste is getting long in the tooth.

Can it do make this ?

I think that blows all of our ASCII game programming contest entries out the water.

Is there a point to this, or did Powershell just touch you inappropriately that one time?

Yes, http://www.gamedev.net/index.php?app=search&module=tags&section=view&tag=Delphi%20Programming#tabinteresting.
And yes, in much the same way your respective parental unit of your opposite sex, closest living relative, and/or nearest homeless bum does when you're naughty.

I was sad that they STILL haven't added ctrl+c/ctrl+v support to it.

This is more the fault of the terminal itself. See also: why terminal in XP was forced to use the classic theme. Clipboard may be related as well.
Related AHK script can enable ctrl+v pasting: http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/25590/how-to-enable-ctrlv-for-pasting-in-the-windows-command-prompt/

ctrl-v & ctrl-p support has (finally) been added to command prompt in the Windows 10 preview.