Yes, actually you do. I just read through the 74 some odd slides and agree. The talk would have been even better, but the slides will set you on the right course—imagine a GCC that emits Perl! More to the point, the link will show you just how quickly and easily you can develope a small language in Perl for your target audience.

On the other hand, if you feel you really must develope your own language, I'd recomend starting with Constructing Language Processors For Little Languages, by Randy M. Kaplan. New York, NY., John Wiley & Sons, 1994.

–hsm

In reply to Re: Re: Developing a microlanguage for non-perl programmers by hsmyers
in thread Developing a microlanguage for non-perl programmers by Masem

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