No, not particularly. I've just settled on writing some shim C/C++ and using msgpack or protobuf over the port to do the interfacing. I prefer it because it fee

No, not particularly. I've just settled on writing some shim C/C++ and using msgpack or protobuf over the port to do the interfacing. I prefer it because it feels the simplest to me. Obviously it could get complicated with some applications, though that would be the case with just about any other method of interfacing. Oh, and did I mention my dream language has a great REPL, compiles nearly instantly and can run interpreted, too?