Yes, but what you type into a shell is just parameters to a system call ;)
Seriously though, from the user standpoint, typing "vim" into the shell and typing "TextMate" into Spotlight are more similar to each other than either of them are to navigating through the Finder and double-clicking TextMate, or even clicking it on the dock. The shell is smarter, but perhaps too smart for some users.
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Yes, but what you type into a shell is just parameters to a system call ;)
Seriously though, from the user standpoint, typing "vim" into the shell and typing "TextMate" into Spotlight are more similar to each other than either of them are to navigating through the Finder and double-clicking TextMate, or even clicking it on the dock. The shell is smarter, but perhaps too smart for some users.