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First, if you know Python, play with writing your own interpreters, parsers, etc. in Python itself. It'll be slow, sure, but you'll learn a lot. Next, try using the python ast modules for taking 'real' python code, and turning it into an AST which you can then do stuff with. For instance, you could take a subset of python, and turn it into C, or Javascript, or whatever. This will be fun, but don't expect to be able to turn all python into those other languages, there's just WAAY too many edge cases, differences in scope, etc. But for a subset of the language, however much you choose to use, it's pretty fun. In general, parsing syntax should be the LEAST complex issue in writing a programming language. Playing with the above ideas in Python will be a lot of fun and you'll learn a lot anyway. Some resources to look for... writing a LISP in python: http://norvig.com/lispy.html which is EXCELLENT. as is the followup article. Another fun look at how someone does parsing, etc. in Go is 'lexical parsing in Go': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxaD_trXwRE which is also fascinating. Good luck! Merry holiday hacking! |