I agree - choose the best tool for the job. As a counterpoint - Implementing an interpeted macro-less lisp is a few thousands of lines of code in C or C++. So i

I agree - choose the best tool for the job. As a counterpoint - Implementing an interpeted macro-less lisp is a few thousands of lines of code in C or C++. So if the goal is just to bootstrap some language, the effort is more about typing than design or innovation (just copy the interpreter in chapter 4.1 of Structure and interpretation of computer programs). A stack based language like forth would be even less work.