Beanshell starts up pretty quickly. Besides, Bash scripts take an eternity to write safely and aren't really suitable for any sort of heavy calculations or stri

Beanshell starts up pretty quickly. Besides, Bash scripts take an eternity to write safely and aren't really suitable for any sort of heavy calculations or string manipulation without resorting to arcane syntax. I would say it's an all-around good alternative to Python scripts when one outgrows Bash due to requirements.