Agreed, I think it's great to have really cutting-edge, highly experimental sort of research languages that explore new paradigms. Doesn't mean you have to like the language, but I think it's good that some people are doing this kind of work as a going concern and not just some repo that was pushed up once somewhere and languishes. He's got some interesting ideas in there related to effects system, etc.

> carrying a few batons far enough for others to pick them up.

I love that metaphor btw. Gonna use that.