Yes, that's what I'm finding is the mindset out there. And hang it if I'm not all the more compelled to do it with Elisp :-) Guile seems to be the logical nex

Yes, that's what I'm finding is the mindset out there. And hang it if I'm not all the more compelled to do it with Elisp :-) Guile seems to be the logical next step (I've seen some stuff with a shell script container, using Gawk and Guile for the heavy lifting).