[progman]

> My recommendation to use one close to the metal like PreScheme with Rust-style safety that outputs C for LLVM attempts to address that.

Wouldn't it be easier to develop a very basic OS core in Rust, and a simple Lisp 1.5 interpreter written in Rust as foundation for a full blown Lisp?

[pjmlp]

No, because PreScheme is still a Lisp like language, whereas Rust would be bringing something else into the table as well.