Build your own Programming Language - Second Edition: A developer's comprehensive guide to crafting, compiling, and implementing programming languages 2nd ed

Embark on a journey through essential components of language design, compiler construction, preprocessors, transpilers, and runtime systems in this second edition, authored by the creator of the Unicon programming language.

Key Features

• Takes a hands-on approach; learn by building the Jzero language, a subset of Java, with example code shown in both the Java and Unicon languages
• Learn how to create parsers, code generators, scanners, and interpreters
• Target bytecode, native code, and preprocess or transpile code into a high-level language

Book Description

There are many reasons to build a programming language: out of necessity, as a learning exercise, or just for fun. Whatever your reasons, this book gives you the tools to succeed.

You'll build the frontend of a compiler for your language and generate a lexical analyzer and parser using Lex and YACC tools.