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> Building any language is hard, so congrats! Absolutely. Having tried to write a dead-simple Lua-like language [1], I can attest that it requires the programm
by sdegutis 11y ago
> Building any language is hard, so congrats!
Absolutely. Having tried to write a dead-simple Lua-like language [1], I can attest that it requires the programmer have a very complex graph of semantic requirements in their head at all times while writing the language, in order to not mess anything up, involving the types, the GC, the compiler, the parser, the lexer, the calling conventions, everything. I have high respect for anyone who actually goes through with writing one to a point of it being usable.
[1]: it did not go well, so much so that I have absolutely nothing to show for it