[plug] Writing a language?

[John Usher (Maptek)]

Depending on exactly what you are going to use the language in, you
might just want to consider embedding perl. Its *relatively* simple
(compared to writing your own language), and gives you the power of
perl!

If you need something minimal, a parser built using yacc and lex (flex
and bison) might be the way to go.

-----Original Message-----
From: Simon Scott [mailto:sscott at iinet.net.au] 
Sent: Monday, 16 June 2003 9:37 AM
To: plug at plug.linux.org.au
Subject: [plug] Writing a language?


Hi all

Just wondering if anyone here has any experience in writing languages?

I need to construct a fairly minimal language for a project, but need a
nudge
to get started (it keeps falling into the 'too hard basket').

The main difficulty I would have I imagine would be parsing and checking
syntax.... Are there any examples/libraries for parsing freeform text?

Thanks