It's about stability. It is much easier to break a dynamically linked or interpreted script than a statically linked binary. The worst case of fixing a system w

It's about stability. It is much easier to break a dynamically linked or interpreted script than a statically linked binary. The worst case of fixing a system with a software failure is booting a live-cd and replace the files which cause trouble, but a broken shell and sometimes also a broken package manager are precisely those cases when you have to boot a live-cd.