You know, nobody ever replies to these comments with an "I will", but I'm seriously considering it.

(It's a nice opportunity to publicly show off a specialty/core competency and brush up a bit on C++ a the same time. I'm not that easily provoked into action by internet commentary! ;) )

But, looking at the source, I think I will be probably a Bad Contributor and end up with a gigantic pull request and a (mostly) full re-implementation...