I have to agree. Bash works fine in its environment, and while there are times when another language might be more appropriate for whatever reason, Bash works.

I have to agree. Bash works fine in its environment, and while there are times when another language might be more appropriate for whatever reason, Bash works. I can run it on any box I have access to and if I stay away from utils that aren't preinstalled, I don't need to worry about dependencies. I've found that python is far more version and dependency driven.