[sodapopcan]

My examples are a made-up idea of what a “real” programming language would look like in a shell, not actual bash.

[fstrthnscnd]

Sorry, clearly my comment wasn't very helpful.

I was trying to point out that quoting parameters or not could bring a different meaning for a shell (as one could see it with Bash), with the implied consequence that one would have to carry over that nuance somehow to a shell where all parameters would have to be quoted.