Two interesting options for everyday scripting are Python and Powershell.
I am unhappy with python. It degrades fast. It deprecates libraries every minor release and that tends to break the applications I use. Recent examples are distutils and opsaudio.
you won't believe how powerful Python is with libraries. ChatGPT and Claude made a brand new browser, that isn't based on Chromium or Firefox, and yet still follows many aspects of layout correctly. I read the article we're discussing ("stop designing languages") on this browser and I'm currently using it to post this reply.
Python is actually kind of awkward for this use case since you can't import from other files easily unless you are in a proper Python package, which isn't usually the case for everyday scripting.
A nice part of PowerShell: you can `Add-Type` and embed C#/F# when you want.