The worst possible solution (?)

Unless I'm reading it wrong, this is just a huge bike-shedding argument with little-to-no commitment to action. Even if there was a unanimous commitment to Guile, it seems like there are substantial technical hurdles....BUT, from my reading, there isn't even consensus on Guile.

Hopefully this doesn't turn into a huge distraction for emacs...I accept that elisp basically sucks, but I don't want the limited energy available for emacs hacking being dedicated to a change that won't matter and may fracture the community.