> But it's trying to re-invent the compiler wheel (and the language design wheel) so that it can run on bare metal and "grow up to be a real Lisp machine" some day, and I think that aspect of the project is a fool's errand.
I'm not so sure about the actual intentions behind the development beyond "experimenting".
And there's absolutely nothing wrong with that. But the question I was responding to was about the potential to use this as a starting point for re-creating the productivity advantages of the Lisp machine.
I'm not so sure about the actual intentions behind the development beyond "experimenting".