shitface's Journal: update: my language

Probably still a year away from starting the project but I am a lot more knowledgeable now than I was a year ago. What a shame that I posted over a year ago how I wanted to design my own language and that I thought I would be able to start it in a year and now I am saying I need another year. Still lots to do before I am ready but I have some ideas- basically thinking of a python like language with real lambdas to start with. I really don't like Python's object model though- it seems wrong to do object dispatch and have the first argument to the function be that object. It seems even more wrong when it is mentioned that argument name can be anything but if it is anything other than this then it might not work with some programs- programs that assume that to be the name. Once I get an initial system up then maybe I will play around with such things as optional typing and generic-methods (would the presence of generic-methods do away with the need of object dispatch methods?). Probably going to do have real garbage collection too (i.e. not reference counting). Thinking the early system will be proto-typed/built onto of Common Lisp. Sound off if you wish, I would love some comments.