Not being snarky, but Lisp and Forth should have interactive experiences that the other languages do not have. The Pascal related languages are renowned for be

Not being snarky, but Lisp and Forth should have interactive experiences that the other languages do not have. The Pascal related languages are renowned for being designed to be compiled at high speed. This is a wonderful book, "The School of Niklaus Wirth: The Art of Simplicity" https://tkurtbond.github.io/posts/2022/07/04/the-school-of-niklaus-wirth-the-art-of-simplicity/ https://tkurtbond.github.io/posts/2022/07/04/the-school-of-n... Esp this chapter on the Wirthian way of designing compilers https://www.researchgate.net/publication/221350529_Compiler_Construction_-_The_Art_of_Niklaus_Wirth https://www.researchgate.net/publication/221350529_Compiler_... See also the widely read (on hn), https://prog21.dadgum.com/47.html https://prog21.dadgum.com/47.html