The SELF guys http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self_%28programming_language%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self_%28programming_language%29 had the same dream, but

The SELF guys http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self_%28programming_language%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self_%28programming_language%29 had the same dream, but used a different strategy. They wanted to replace underlying components by a rewrite in SELF, one component at a time. Until the only thing left was a SELF system.