Not to be a an asshole, something I have to preface a lot on here... but, uhh, "Safety, type systems, homoiconicity, and so forth. I'm sure these things are gr

Not to be a an asshole, something I have to preface a lot on here... but, uhh, "Safety, type systems, homoiconicity, and so forth. I'm sure these things are great, but when I'm messing around with a new project for fun, my two concerns are 1) making it work and 2) making it fast." Uhhh... Call me crazy, but wouldn't the "so forth" be what you care about if #2 is that important to you?