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Yes, definitely.

Though CMD.COM and .bat files in DOS and Windows could theoretically also be used to program. But that was less obvious than on the C=64, and not even as obvious as Linux bash scripting being a possibility when you first login.



Absolutely, I remember trying to make a text adventure game in .bat files (I didn't get far though).

I am fond of bash, even if it's universially loathed as a programming language, it can get a reasonable amount of work done, and it's right there, in your terminal :)


Bash ain't great, but it's heaven compared to eg GNU Make.




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