GoKawiilMaking your own programming language is easier than you think (but also harder)
In mid-December last year I started making my own programming language. It's waaay far from any production quality yet (though I did manage to write a working 1k LOC Monte-Carlo path tracer in it), but the project is on pause right now, so I figured it's a good time to write something about it.
Disclaimer #1: I'm not a professional PL designer or compiler implementor. Even though I do feel like I know what I'm talking about for the most part of this post, I might still end up talking some nonsense.
Disclaimer #2: it's not another C/C++/Rust/etc killer, and I doubt it'll ever be actually used to any noticeable extent. I'm just having fun and talking about me having fun.
Disclaimer #3: if you have some strong opinions about programming languages, please, keep in mind that I'm not forcing you to use this language, and that it's a bit rude to be telling random people on the internet what they should do. If, on the other hand, you have constructive feedback and suggestions, I'm all ears!
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Introduction
Why now?
I mean, most programmers dream of their own perfect programming language. I've been programming for about 17 years, so why did I decide to make a language at this specific point in time?
It just so happens that 3 different things converged in my mind.
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