> Using a nicer language (like modern JS) to perform procedural logic makes perfect sense to me. # ls | grep foo This involves two programs written in nicer l

> Using a nicer language (like modern JS) to perform procedural logic makes perfect sense to me. # ls | grep foo This involves two programs written in nicer language (C). # ls | rg foo This involves two programs written in nicer language (C & Rust). Feel free to come up with JS program that does something well and/or is usable in pipeline. I think you're missing the point of the shell.