I don't think there's a much nicer language when it comes to system configuration than a shell. I'm not sure why people want to write an extensive, complex prog

I don't think there's a much nicer language when it comes to system configuration than a shell. I'm not sure why people want to write an extensive, complex program in a full-on programming language for simple tasks for which the shell and it's utilities were literally invented. The shell does a great job for managing your system already, and so far I've never had a better experience by making using a more complex language.