PDS Aftermath. Which way NQP?

[chromatic]

On Tuesday 01 February 2011 at 03:05, Vasily Chekalkin wrote:

> Strong -1 from me. "Parrot" developers doesn't have resources to
> maintain own very-similar-but-slightly-different version of NQP.

I did a bit of research on RPython, but it's not standardized either. Are 
there any other small languages suitable for writing compilers? The relevant 
criteria are:

	* a published standard
	* more pleasant to write than PIR
	* a history of productive use

-- c