Major Description
The C++ tree's test suite drivers are primarily shell scripts. Many were duplicated as Windows PowerShell scripts along the way. However, not all scripts were PowerShell-ized, and the dual set of test scripts is not maintained in sync. Someone (Cliff?) suggested a while back that the test driver scripts be written in a common language across Linux and Windows, and for other platforms as well.
Python, Perl, Ruby are all possible choices - python and ruby need to be on build systems anyway for code generation. What do people think about a) this idea in general, b) language to use?