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Why don't we improve the basic stuff, like processor architecture?
Because if we do, we make everything we have working now break. So everything would need be ported to this new architecture.
The same with bash or any other foundation lib.
And also these "improvements" may make these libs more complex and, therefore, more unstable and hackable.
The simple is simple for a reason: It works trustfully