So, you want to design your own language?
8 days ago
- #compiler-construction
- #language-design
- #programming-languages
- Designing and implementing your own programming language is a fun, creative, and empowering process.
- The process is iterative, cycling between four phases: design, implementation, testing, and refinement.
- Experience helps, but beginners can still succeed with luck and creativity.
- Knowledge in programming paradigms, syntax, and semantics is crucial for language design.
- Study existing languages, their mistakes, and successes to learn from their experiences.
- Consider future trends and how languages can evolve beyond traditional paradigms.
- Define your language's abstract syntax and concrete syntax carefully.
- Use tools like the Ohm Editor for grammar design and testing.
- Implement an interpreter or compiler to validate your language design.
- Explore formal definitions and semantics to ensure clarity and correctness.