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by user5994461 3205 days ago
>>> And I _REALLY_ like the idea of an object-oriented piping system. I would love to have that built into Linux/bash/etc instead of every program having to have some sort of "human readable" mode and (if you're lucky) a "machine readable" mode.

That's sort of what ansible/salt do. Provide the most useful system commands with structured arguments as input and output, instead of crazy text everywhere.