[jorge-fundido]

I see bash as a lowest common denominator for ops & sys admins. There would be too much friction getting the pack to agree on python, perl, ruby, etc., especially since most of the code would be shell'ing out commands to /bin/sh or /bin/bash anyway.

Bash does leave a lot to be desired when it comes to data structures and error handling, but in some cases it makes the most sense. In those cases, better to have some semblance of sanity via a common lib like bash-infinity or bash-booster.

[jorge-fundido]

Although after looking at it some more, it bears little semblance to bash - kills my "common denominator" argument. I prefer a more bash-booster approach: bash plus common functions to standardize on.