[rodgerd]

> it gets off almost scot free.

Not just scot free - during the Great systemd War of 2014 is was a talking point for the antis that using anything other than the pure, reliable simplicity of shell for service management was MADNESS!

[digi_owl]

I don't think that was the argument, as much as it was that if a shell script fouled up it was easier to get in and do field repairs because it was interpreted rather than compiled.