what is the difference between windows prompt and terminal on linux or osx?

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And why is everyone developing on Ruby wants to use a linux command prompt so much? Besides the difference in the names of the command, I don't see real advantage, (but I trust people don't just prefer one to another, hence my asking that quesiton here).

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