Batch Skrub Lords

I wasted a lot of time learning Batch.

Let's discuss the pros and cons of Batch, as well as present languages that are better, or worse. (Mostly better)

I'm not necessarily bashing batch scripters. If you know batch, then feel free to show off in this thread.

Eh, batch is pretty ez depending on what you want to code in the language. A fun language is VB, and a challenging one is C++