>>>>> "WA" == Wichert Akkerman <wakkerma@cs.leidenuniv.nl> writes: WA> I think I have to object here. Yes, it would make things a lot WA> easier to use a new language. But I'm really worried about WA> making things hard for developers. Concur. Remember, sh *is* extensible - you just write some more commands. Nobody cares about fork/exec overhead in an interactive configuration, and we're a long way away from caring about speed in a non-interactive one. m.