[klabb3]

https://github.com/lmorg/murex

(Don't be afraid to self promote!)

One obvious benefit over what's suggested in the article is that you can use it interactively first, with autocomplete and such goodies, and transition smoothly to a script later.

[freedomben]

GP has promoted murex a few times on HN recently, which doesn't bother me, but if I were them I'd be sensitive to not wanting to overdo it as well.