An article in which I propose to rewrite Tcl in C++ (Nov 1998):
http://www.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=413469159 ''dead link'' http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=3653FCC7.46C2D62E%40equi4.com
Another one with a similar intention, but for Python (Dec 1998):
http://www.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=418303874 ''dead link'' http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=3666CD17.DAFA9414%40equi4.com
These might be the right ones? Considering the unstability of news archives it might be an idea to copy the message into the wiki?
Both also touch on the issue of building a common Scripting Kernel.