[EdwardCoffin]

In a similar vein is this 2003 post in an MIT discussion forum by Scott McKay [1].

I'd also highly recommend that anyone interested in this kind of thing listen to all three of the Dynamic Languages Wizards Series panels from 2001: runtime [2], language design [3], and compilation [4]

Note that though these are videos, there isn't that much compelling in the visual portion, you could easily rip them to audio files and lose little.

[1] https://libarynth.org/fifty_questions_for_a_prospective_lang...

[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LG-RtcSYUQ

[3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agw-wlHGi0E

[4] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=at7viw2KXak