Path: csiph.com!1.us.feeder.erje.net!3.us.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!news.misty.com!news.iecc.com!.POSTED.news.iecc.com!nerds-end From: Roger L Costello Newsgroups: comp.compilers Subject: RE: Re: What attributes of a programming language simplify its implementation? Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2022 11:52:00 +0000 Organization: Compilers Central Sender: news@iecc.com Approved: comp.compilers@iecc.com Message-ID: <22-11-009@comp.compilers> References: <22-09-026@comp.compilers> <22-10-025@comp.compilers> <29190_1668508275_63736A72_29190_327_1_22-11-007@comp.compilers> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: gal.iecc.com; posting-host="news.iecc.com:2001:470:1f07:1126:0:676f:7373:6970"; logging-data="28678"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@iecc.com" Keywords: design Posted-Date: 15 Nov 2022 11:51:57 EST X-submission-address: compilers@iecc.com X-moderator-address: compilers-request@iecc.com X-FAQ-and-archives: http://compilers.iecc.com In-Reply-To: <29190_1668508275_63736A72_29190_327_1_22-11-007@comp.compilers> Xref: csiph.com comp.compilers:3241 minf...@arcor.de wrote: > use Forth as your toolbox to make your own DSL > and you can go _very_ far without diving into all > those dragon books and gigabyte compilers and > toolsets. Fascinating! What is it about the Forth programming language that makes it easy to implement DSL's? /Roger [It has small efficient implementations, it generally lets you get close to the hardware, and the RPN syntax lets you define new operators that work like the built-in ones. -John]