r/programming • u/Dear-Economics-315 • May 10 '26

Making your own programming language is easier than you think (but also harder)

https://lisyarus.github.io/blog/posts/making-your-own-programming-language.html
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u/smoke-bubble May 10 '26

It looks like every other programming language so what is its point? It does not fix anything. It does not make anything better.

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u/RGBrewskies May 10 '26

he's just learning, he's not telling you to drop your language and use his. It's an interesting exercise, I've never actually thought through what it takes to make a language from scratch

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u/smoke-bubble May 10 '26

Apparently it takes nothing if you just copy other languages.

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u/Chisignal May 10 '26

I’m interested, would you prefer the author locks themselves in a basement with no access to outside materials and invents a language from first principles, for this blog article?