> If you're going to add a dependency you may as well just use a "real" language at that point. Not necessarily. It's still easier to manipulate shell programs

> If you're going to add a dependency you may as well just use a "real" language at that point. Not necessarily. It's still easier to manipulate shell programs in fish[0] than it is in Python since fish was made explicitly for that. Calling external programs, using pipes, process substitution, etc. are easier in a "proper" shell language. [0] Or any bash alternative of your choice: nushell, oils, xonsh, elvish, etc.