Re: Creating my own language

  <gods1child@my-deja.com> wrote:
>Want to create my own language (for learning sake) using C++ and
>assembly. any recommeded resources? is this the right place to ask such
>a question? asked in the c++ group, they said i should ask here.
>tnx in advance.


If you just want to see how compilers/interpreters work, and how
to use lex/yacc, I think the chapter on 'program development'
in 'The Unix Programming Environment' by Kernighan and Pike
is excellent. They take you step by step through the effort
of initially building a calculator, one with variables, then
one which generates code and immeidately executes it, and finally
one that generates code and is programmable. The output is
a threaded stack oriented machine (and interpreted) but it
is small enough to be understood and quite useful.


Cheers,
Kevin

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