Powershell can be pretty expressive. It has a lot in common with Python, but the syntax is more C like when you're scripting, but can be used like a standard s

Powershell can be pretty expressive. It has a lot in common with Python, but the syntax is more C like when you're scripting, but can be used like a standard shell as well. The learning curve is partially steep as it takes time to learn the advantages and complexity of piping objects around instead of text streams (like Linux does). The major deal breaker for me is that file reads and writes which are glacially slow. Like waayyy slower than Python if you can believe it even if you basically call the .NET libraries directly instead of the cmdlets. So it makes the most sense for Windows IT admin tasks.