However there are good compilers for Common Lisp (SBCL) and Scheme (Larceny, Bigloo, Chicken, Stalin, Gambit) that produce extremely fast code while still retaining the power and flexibility of the Lisp family of languages.
I am interested however in Neural Network and Genetic Algorithms for non-trivial problems. These types of problems don't lend themselves easily to optimization and really need raw speed throughout. Another problem domain I need to address is Quant programming and games. While often one can get significant performance gains here from libraries I would prefer to largely develop everything in one language/environment.
I realize that this request probably falls outside the original goals for newLisp and I wouldn't use Ruby/Perl/Python either to solve my kind of problems. However I am positive I am not the only only who would love to see newLisp having the option of creating a highly optimised, compiled stand alone .exe form.
That way we could stay with one language, get great scripting ability and great stand alone compiled speeds as well - or are these 2 goals mutually exclusive?