"xmlsh" is derived from the design and goals the unix shell and core commands but with XML expressions and documents added as core features to the shell. xmlsh can be used as a drop-in replacement for scripting xml transformations instead of sh.
wsbasic a basic interpreter or scripting language implemented
without flex/bison or lex/yacc. Object oriented and very maintainable
code. Based on jack crenshaw's let's build a compiler. Can act as a replacement
for bash or sh scripting.