If Bash had more intuitive syntax and wasn't so annoying to use, would it have made scripting languages more popular for more tasks earlier on?

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  • Batsh

    A language that compiles to Bash and Windows Batch

    There are some languages that compile into bash like Batch. Shell commands can also be called from Python code using this (never tried it): https://plumbum.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html

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