[HN Gopher] Lang Jam: create a programming language in a weekend
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       Lang Jam: create a programming language in a weekend
        
       Author : ingve
       Score  : 79 points
       Date   : 2021-07-31 20:05 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
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       | diogenesjunior wrote:
       | Maybe I'm not reading correctly, but it seems the project is
       | about making a language compiler and not a language itself?
        
         | Mikeb85 wrote:
         | From the site:
         | 
         | > You can build an interpreter or a compiler, so long as it can
         | run or build examples of code in the programming language you
         | create.
         | 
         | No you create a language, but it needs to be able to run. So
         | need to either build a compiler or interpreter to make the
         | language do things.
        
       | mepian wrote:
       | Sounds like a really good use of Common Lisp and Esrap.
        
       | rodrick_setsoff wrote:
       | Nice! I guess I've got to face ASTs again:)
        
         | jhgb wrote:
         | Write a Forth. ;)
        
       | Karsteski wrote:
       | It would be very fun to participate in this! How much experience
       | would one need to be useful as part of a team though?
        
       | lioeters wrote:
       | Looks like a lot of fun! I hope I get to see what people will
       | come up with.
        
       | agalunar wrote:
       | If you're looking for similar hackathons, you may be interested
       | in https://quirkylanguages.com/
        
       | 0b01 wrote:
       | More like parser jam
        
         | brundolf wrote:
         | I don't see how?
         | 
         | > You can build an interpreter or a compiler, so long as it can
         | run or build examples of code in the programming language you
         | create.
        
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