> Quoting is insane and hard to get right.

This really makes me wonder if you’ve used Tcl. Quoting in Tcl is so much simpler than in e.g. bash or cmake. It’s all about know when a string will be evaluated or not.

> Type errors are very common.

In my experience, no more so than in any other dynamic language, e.g. Python or Lua.

Again in my experience, if one wants a scripting language — i.e., one used to orchestrate a number of commands — then Tcl is exactly what the doctor ordered.