One attempt which comes close, I think, is Shelly[1]. It's in Haskell and it's definitely not quite right for interactive(!) human interaction, but I'd use it f

One attempt which comes close, I think, is Shelly[1]. It's in Haskell and it's definitely not quite right for interactive(!) human interaction, but I'd use it for any remotely non-trivial scripts where quoting might be an issue. [1] http://hackage.haskell.org/package/shelly http://hackage.haskell.org/package/shelly