[PLUG-Devel] Profiling a new programming language

[Jon M. Hanson]

Why create a new programming language? Perl was made for text  
processing.
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On Nov 12, 2008, at 5:08 PM, Ryan Rix wrote:

> Hello list,
>
> To stave off my boredom I've decided to take up creating a programming
> language specifically for creating long repetitive text documents  
> (like
> repetitive resource definitions) where simple ctrl-c ctrl-v won't  
> work, like
> incrementing ID's, filenames within definitions, etc.
>
> Basically, I have created, what I believe will be the sample script  
> input file
> (which I have attached, along with the target generated file) so  
> that I have a
> goal to aim for.
>
> What would be the best way to start by developing this tool? I have  
> never done
> any programming real down to the core like this, nothing with a lot  
> of text
> parsing before... How would I best attack creating an interpreter?
> I plan on making it in C so that it is fairly portable sourcewise,  
> unless I am
> presented a better option of course :)
>
> Thank you for your time,
> Ryan
>
> --
> Thanks and best regards,
> Ryan Rix
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