Comment by marcosdumay

> Rust will likely infringe on Python over time due to performance, lower defect rate, long-term maintenance advantages

No love for Haskell[0]? It does look like the best system scripting language out there right now... I have just never tried it to be sure :(

0: http://www.haskellforall.com/2015/01/use-haskell-for-shell-s...