I made Bard, a functional-first Lisp. It started out years ago as a version of s-expression Dylan and then, after I got an early compiler and VM for it working,

I made Bard, a functional-first Lisp. It started out years ago as a version of s-expression Dylan and then, after I got an early compiler and VM for it working, began to accumulate changes as I went through successive phases of incorporating new ideas followed by redesigning to make it simpler. The why of it is simple: I designed it to make me happy in my work. I've made a couple of products with it, but I don't think anyone else has ever used it for anything. It's between versions at the moment, experiencing yet another assimilate-then-simplify phase.