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"Any sufficiently complicated C or Fortran program contains an ad hoc, informally-specified, bug-ridden, slow implementation of half of Common Lisp."

Philip Greenspun (1993)

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Hah. I won't pretend I'm not motivated by the same forces as many lost souls before me. But if my language turns out anything like Lisp, I'd be upset.

hehe! i didnt want to demotivate you in trying. I was in the same situation and I learned a lot doing it. Go for it.

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