Ask HN: In which programming language is it better to make your own language?

5•Forgret•2h ago

I decided to create my own programming language but I don't know which one to use, some say Python, others say C.

Please help me decide.

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thesuperbigfrog•1h ago

Prototype in Python with PLY (https://github.com/dabeaz/ply) or you could try Raku (https://raku.org/) which has nice functionality for building grammars.

After you know what you want to build, you could convert it to C, C++, or Rust to make it fast.

Forgret•1h ago

Thanks, that sounds interesting, I'll try to find out more information about it, and maybe use your advice.

wslh•1h ago

Well, ANTLR[0] includes many programming language targets. Can I also recommend OMeta [1] for quick prototyping. Other developers has implemented it in JS, .NET, etc. I just found Panini[2] in Rust but I am sure you can find others.

[0] https://www.antlr.org/

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OMeta

[2] https://github.com/pczarn/panini

Forgret•8m ago

Thank you, for these materials you have helped me a lot to understand everything better.

john-h-k•30m ago

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