Re: language design references wanted

murphy@mips.com (Mike Murphy) writes:


>Also, in response to some other poster who recommended against designing a
>new language: although I would agree that the chances are that any
>language you develop would never be used, I still think it is a fun and
>educational exercise to develop a new language.


I usually think of language design as "The Pit of Despair".


You _do_ learn a lot, but I find it really hard to come up with something
that I personally would use (not to mention actually attracting a genuine
user community).


At any rate, the local lore is that compiler writers should _not_ design
languages. Instead, they should be confined to tiny cages and forced to
implement the language as specified, dammit. Sort of a corollary of the
old adage "give them an inch, they'll take a mile".


Preston Briggs
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