At some point, "defense" against a language's faults should translate to "use the right language for the job". Any sufficiently-complex shell script can usuall

At some point, "defense" against a language's faults should translate to "use the right language for the job". Any sufficiently-complex shell script can usually be written clearly as a Python or Perl program for instance, without having to worry about how the code might be misinterpreted. Yes, I write shell scripts sometimes. I just make sure they're doing something pretty straightforward.