As exemplified by this announcement, Bash in isolation is not that valuable. It's the standard UNIX tools that most Bash scripts just assume are there that real

As exemplified by this announcement, Bash in isolation is not that valuable. It's the standard UNIX tools that most Bash scripts just assume are there that really round it out as a platform. Supporting the piping of objects instead of text? Not such a big deal. Replacing UNIX tools with object versions? I agree - very valuable, but now a massive undertaking involving redefining a lot of flags, etc.