I think "implementing higher level features as extensions on top of a smaller core" is a hallmark of the Lisp family. Check out Fennel [0] or Janet [1] for two

I think "implementing higher level features as extensions on top of a smaller core" is a hallmark of the Lisp family. Check out Fennel [0] or Janet [1] for two different approaches. On top of everything, Fennel is 100% Lua-compatible. [0]: https://fennel-lang.org/ https://fennel-lang.org/ [1]: https://janet-lang.org/ https://janet-lang.org/