But the question is: will the language suck?

I have a slight feeling it would suck even more than, say, PHP or JavaScript.

Yes, I'll only have an answer to this later, as I use it, and there's a real chances my changes to the language won't mix well with the original AWK. (Or is your comment more about AWK sucking for programs larger than 30 LOC? I think that's a given already.)

Thankfully, if that's the case, then I've only lost a few hours """implementing""" the language, rather than days/weeks/more.