If you’re interested in functional programming you could try haskell. It has a reputation for a steep learning curve but it was worth learning for me.

We ought to make a satire shell based on this

Yeah, you can dynamically link in Rust, but it’s a pain because you have to use the C ABI since Rust’s ABI isn’t stable, and you have to miss out on exporting more fancy types

Depending on which is more convenient and whether your dependencies are security-critical, you can do both on the same program. :D