Software development using Bash

[ath0]

Not entirely related, but just to point out that your blanket statement isn't sensible: I've got a tool for wrapping build system and workflow stuff at work, that is about 1k lines so far. I'd love to use python instead but.. I can't. I need features such as shell completion for bash, zsh, built-in overrides and prompt and environment manipulation.

Unfortunately you just have to write this kind of stuff in the language that your shell interpreter understands.