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> People who want to write their own implementation should try that right now, and definitely not be scared off by "I spent 10 years working on this". Certain
by mamcx 8y ago
> People who want to write their own implementation should try that right now, and definitely not be scared off by "I spent 10 years working on this".
Certainly, but the problem with implementing languages is the HUGE cliff on complexity after your first "calculator" or lisp.
You can make a simple interpreter in hours, even minutes. Then, suddenly, you get AMBITIOUS.
That is what take years!
P.D: I'm also in the hunt for a relational language (http://tablam.org http://tablam.org), and I now in the what, 3 years of it? (Whoa! I search for my old mentions of it and the first I found is from 2013! https://www.clubdelphi.com/foros/showthread.php?t=84835&highlight=crear+lenguaje https://www.clubdelphi.com/foros/showthread.php?t=84835&high...)...
- jasim 8y ago"Become a spiritual attempt at the dbase/foxpro family of database-oriented languages, in the sense manipulate data(bases) is natural and integrated" This is a personal dream for me as well. The commenters in this thread (@gavinpc, @vidarh) will also agree with you: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18634555 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18634555
- mamcx 8y agoHow I miss that thread? Anyway, if you wanna join the dream, I will not complain ;)