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The counter-arguments listed in that article are shallow to say the least.

In retrospect, I'm embarassed that I had to google TLA.

I'm going to lie and say 5-10 because I hope to god its not much more than that.

I think the comments here miss the bigger picture, which is that the command-line is the most direct and eloquent way to directly interface with a computer for many advanced tasks. The gist is that you tell the computer exactly what you want to do, in no uncertain terms, with supporting information, all in one fell swoop. After that, everything else is just syntax.