The simplicity of a stack-based forth-like language makes it the easiest roll-your-own language possible. Its best to write a TIL in assembler, but there are examples available on the net that are written in C.
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I bought this book in high school, and read it many times cover to cover (highlighted, pages turned down, etc). Being able to create my own languages on my TRS-80 was an eye-opening experience. This book will show you how simple the core of a threaded interpreted language could be, while still having the power to do anything you want it to do. This book should be on your shelf alongside the dragon book:Compilers: Principles,...
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I love this book. I got turned on to FORTH while writing code for an engineering company in my industrial training year, and the simplicity of the language stuck. Enter Loeliger's book, at the time the most expensive book I had ever bought, and I was hooked.It's hard to describe the almost visceral fascination I had with this book, but I recall a hot summer (probably 1986 if I do the sums) when I bought an Atari ST specifically...
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