Is it a good idea to create a programming language in Perl [closed]

I’ve been creating my own programming language for fun, and I’m using JavaScript (NodeJS).
However, as my code gets complicated, my language gets slower. So, I’m considering to convert what I have written in JavaScript to Perl (I’m not very good at C++, C, and other lower-level languages). And I have read that Perl is good at parsing and quite fast.

My question is that if it’s a good idea to write a programming language in Perl.