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Interesting or useful semantics and how the language will be used is the most important decision. If you are writing a language, I'd recommend saving parsing, o
by seeknotfind 3y ago
Interesting or useful semantics and how the language will be used is the most important decision. If you are writing a language, I'd recommend saving parsing, optimization, code generation later. Interpreting a coded AST at first will give you the quickest path to playing with your ideas.
- tines 3y agoYep, and that's why every language concept should start off as a lisp :)
- packetlost 3y agoI'll second this. Lisps really are great for prototyping language semantics