If you're interested in language design also may I suggest, http://www.amazon.com/Language-Implementation-Patterns-Domain-Specific-Programming/dp/193435645X/re

If you're interested in language design also may I suggest, http://www.amazon.com/Language-Implementation-Patterns-Domain-Specific-Programming/dp/193435645X/ref=pd_cp_b_1 http://www.amazon.com/Language-Implementation-Patterns-Domai... and http://www.amazon.com/Language-Implementation-Patterns-Domain-Specific-Programming/dp/193435645X/ref=pd_cp_b_1 http://www.amazon.com/Language-Implementation-Patterns-Domai... There are also some programmers around who are going through the process of designing and implementing their own languages, you can watch their progress and ideas. Here is 1(2?) examples, Magpie and Finch by munificent. http://bitbucket.org/munificent http://bitbucket.org/munificent It seems Magpie has started out using a C# compiler/interpreter but now uses Java?