[MisterTea]

> I'm not sure I follow you but it wasn't a joke. Shell scripts are notoriously error-prone. I absolutely do not trust shell script authors to get everything right.

This is an extremely naive take as are the rest of your comments. Any language in the wrong hands is error prone.

[IshKebab]

> Any language in the wrong hands is error prone.

Talk about naive!

[linksnapzz]

Feel free to implement system utilities in whichever language you feel will completely eliminate the possibility of bugs.

I wait with bated breath.

[IshKebab]

"error-prone" means bugs are more likely than the alternatives. It doesn't mean that the alternatives completely eliminate the possibility of bugs. Come on.

[linksnapzz]

I wonder what the tally is for "things posted to HN that'll replace bash/ksh/zsh in every respect REAL Soon Now". It's a genre of post unto itself.

[IshKebab]

What language is Systemd written in? I'm pretty sure it's not Bash.

[linksnapzz]

I've never been able to use systemd as a command interpreter.