re: Verb-Noun vs Noun-Verb

Sebastien — Thu, 11 May 2006 12:34:10 GMT

Hi!

I'm currently discovering the PowerShell and that post is the only way I found to ask my question.

PowerShell cmdlets are based on a verb-noun standard synthax.

But... how can you explain that we find a cmdlet called "where-object"?

Wouldn't be a better choice to rename that cmdlet "select-object".

Here is why:
- In my opinion, the "where" is not a verb.

- I think you should not create a shell based on a language (SQL), but on concepts. In SQL, doing a "Where" is a ... selection.

Sure, this is certainly a detail, but I'm interested in your opinion.