BaCon (Basic to C converter) forums has some interesting stuff going on. Bish is an alternative shell that uses basic. BaCon's basic is said to convert to pretty efficient C, so shell scripts written in it would be trivial to compile to efficient binary code. Look in to this. They also have other interesting projects that could be of use, like minimal webkit2gtk browser. Look in to this.
Ask about the licenses. Need GPL compatible license to go any further.
BaCon (Basic to C converter) forums has some interesting stuff going on. Bish is an alternative shell that uses basic. BaCon's basic is said to convert to pretty efficient C, so shell scripts written in it would be trivial to compile to efficient binary code. Look in to this. They also have other interesting projects that could be of use, like minimal webkit2gtk browser. Look in to this.
Ask about the licenses. Need GPL compatible license to go any further.