Comment by its_magic

On the contrary, I much prefer a full Turing complete language rather than trying to shoehorn my ideas into someone else's limited system.

The scripts don't have to be complicated, and it doesn't have to be shell scripts. You can use any script or executable that the Linux kernel can load and run. But shell scripts work great and have all the power needed.

Systemd is a giant, flaming heap of buggy ass code. Good riddance to it.