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On Jul 18, 3:16 pm, Billy Mays
<81282ed9a88799d21e77957df2d84bd6514d9...@myhashismyemail.com> wrote:
> I am trying to design a programming language for a simple processor
> (16 bit, ~10 instructions, 16 registers).  I am not sure what a
> language actually needs in order to be more useful than pure assembly,
> but is also reasonable to implement.

I'd list the top three as: consistant, readable, provide high level
flow control constructs.

You can get that with assembly language and a separate macro pre-
processor.

> I had originally tried to make a RPN style language where the language
> is purely stack based, but I realized it wouldn't be Turing complete.
> I'd rather not just re implement C or other commonly used languages,
> but I'm having a hard time coming up with something I'd actually want
> to use.
>
> Any advice for a newbie?

No one has mentioned Grimley Evans's bcompiler.

It is actually several step-wise compilers to bootstrap his BCC
compiler, from nothing.

He borrows the stream i/o convenience of linux; stdin, stdout,
redirection to/from a file and the elf file format.

here:  http://homepage.ntlworld.com/edmund.grimley-evans/

Anyway, food for thought..

Steve

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Language Design Billy Mays <81282ed9a88799d21e77957df2d84bd6514d9af6@myhashismyemail.com> - 2011-07-18 16:16 -0400
  Re: Language Design Roberto Waltman <usenet@rwaltman.com> - 2011-07-18 18:10 -0400
  Re: Language Design Srinivas Nayak <sinu.nayak2001@gmail.com> - 2011-07-18 22:54 -0700
  Re: Language Design anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2011-07-19 13:12 +0000
  Re: Language Design Andreas Zwinkau <zwinkau@kit.edu> - 2011-07-20 13:26 +0200
  Re: Language Design mac <acolvin@efunct.com> - 2011-07-23 01:11 +0000
  Re: Language Design Christophe de Dinechin <christophe.de.dinechin@gmail.com> - 2011-07-23 08:17 -0700
  Re: Language Design Oleg Sesov <osesov@gmail.com> - 2011-07-23 14:58 -0700
  Re: Language Design Gene <gene.ressler@gmail.com> - 2011-07-26 10:28 -0700
    Re: Language Design Roberto Waltman <usenet@rwaltman.com> - 2011-07-28 13:22 -0400
    Re: Language Design torbenm@diku.dk (Torben Ægidius Mogensen) - 2011-08-08 16:11 +0200
  Re: Language Design tm <thomas.mertes@gmx.at> - 2011-07-27 08:11 -0700
  Re: Language Design "s_dubrovich@yahoo.com" <s_dubrovich@yahoo.com> - 2011-08-04 18:43 -0700
  Re: Language Design for a tiny processor "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2011-08-08 22:54 +0100

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