I think that these days, if you're writing a compiler, it would be better done in one of * c++ to leverage llvm (afaik c++ is the best way to do that) and lots

I think that these days, if you're writing a compiler, it would be better done in one of * c++ to leverage llvm (afaik c++ is the best way to do that) and lots of existing code * some sort of ml, because ml is really good for lots of the things compilers need to do * self-host, because the compiler may be the best large-program workout your fledgeling language is going to get