I write shell scriots all the time for a myriad of tasks, but will tore my arm off before writing a server in it. It is very well suited for imperative scripts

I write shell scriots all the time for a myriad of tasks, but will tore my arm off before writing a server in it. It is very well suited for imperative scripts, but the language breaks down pretty quickly once complexity and the level of abstraction go up; you start relying on obscure syntax, behaviour, and piling up more and more patterns that require full week-long immersion to grasp. Perl is harmless in comparison.