[pjmlp]

Yep, some research was done in that domain, https://opendylan.org/documentation/publications.html

Also note that it was competing against C++ as the Newton OS system programming language, it only lost due to politics.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15107367

[eigenspace]

Yes, I fully agree it's a darn shame that Dylan was abandoned by Apple.