>"That said, I don't mind reinventing the wheel in new ways - every time our wheels get better and better. But perhaps they could get better faster with fewer s

>"That said, I don't mind reinventing the wheel in new ways - every time our wheels get better and better. But perhaps they could get better faster with fewer steps backwards with a little schooling on the foundations of our field." You may be interested in Graal/Truffle. One of the main aims is to make it a playground for experimenting with programming language design by reducing the work that goes into the underpinnings of these new languages. It's also meant to offer fairly decent performance. https://medium.com/@octskyward/graal-truffle-134d8f28fb69#.nachabnff https://medium.com/@octskyward/graal-truffle-134d8f28fb69#.n... https://github.com/graalvm/truffle/blob/master/README.md https://github.com/graalvm/truffle/blob/master/README.md