>> A simple way to bootstrap the compiler with the script itself would be especially nice. Basically, an embedded batsh compiler. Might be an interesting avenue

>> A simple way to bootstrap the compiler with the script itself would be especially nice. Basically, an embedded batsh compiler. Might be an interesting avenue for an enterprising person to look into. This could be very easy. If this can't be rigged with simple shell scripting (in a reasonable way), then it could with straightforward changes to the compiler (such as outputting to standard output). If you don't mind doing somewhat silly things like writing out scripts as temp files, this could certainly be done now.