In your opinion, what is the best language for scripting?

Trade-offs

Here is some trade-offs:

• It MUST be an interpreted language
• It SHOULD be clear to understand
• It SHOULD run in many environments (different OS and versions)
• It SHOULD allow the code express intentions
• It SHOULD be easy to reuse code
• It SHOULD have some minimal libraries (sets, maps, dictionaries, etc...)
• It SHOULD be easy to resolve dependencies

Some selected

Bash

• 😃 Yes, is is an interpreted language
• 😔 No, it is not easy to understand what is happening....
• 😃 Yes, it run in almost any environment
• 😔 No, it does not express intention
• 😔 No, it is not easy to reuse code
• 😔 No, it is not easy to use libraries
• 😃 Yes, many dependencies are Unix programs

Python

• 😃 Yes, is is an interpreted language
• 😃 Yes, it is easy to understand what is happening....
• 😃 Yes, it run in almost any environment
• 😃 Yes, it express intention
• 😃 Yes, it is easy to reuse code
• 😃 Yes, it is easy to use libraries
• 😟 Sometimes, some old libraries are difficult to find.

Any other option?