Re: Fast prototyping of a language

On 2004-11-27, Bruno Barberi Gnecco <brunobg@users.sourceforge.net> wrote:
> I'd like to prototype a new language quickly. Speed is not of
> concern, and the language can be interpreted. Any suggestions? I'm
> trying to avoid writing a full flex/yacc parser...


My first advice would then be to avoid making yet another language. If
you really want to make one, invest in learning parsing techniques,
and more importantly semantic related techniques (like transforming
your abstract syntax tree into something more suitable to
evaluation..., bytecode interpreters, etc...)


Why don't you want to reuse (or extend) existing language
specifications or implementations?


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