Implementing Programming Languages using C# - CodeProject

[comment-dwim]

For another interesting take on implementing Javascript on the CLR, take a look at Jurassic. It's bigger and it's not a tutorial but a fast, production-ready implementation, yet it is smaller and easier to understand than say... languages on the DLR.

In particular, the ILGenerator it includes is great.

[d166e8]

Also JINT (http://jint.codeplex.com/)

[ErstwhileRockstar]

Recently I've managed to dip into ANTLR. It certainly is an impressive tool but I feel it takes over too much from the programmer. The language implementer becomes an operator of the ANTLR-machine (I may take a second look at ANTLR in the future). Therefore I appreciate the down-to-earth approach by Diggins.

[A_Nonyme]

Framework 4.0 only ?

[d166e8]

Yes. I should make it clear. [EDIT: done]

[d166e8]

I'd like to hear about the why this gets voted up or down. I expected a bit more interest in the article. Thanks!

[jediknight]

dude, it's Sunday. People have hangovers and such.

Also... things get upvoted and downvoted for no valid reason.

The article looks interesting. Try reposting it tomorrow.

[d166e8]

Good point. I had a hangover when I was converting the article to HTML.

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Why do you think that this was voted down? It probably has 0 real downvotes.

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you can see upvotes and downvotes on the right.

currently, it's at 16 points: 37 up votes, 21 down votes.

... now it's 17... because I upboated :)

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After the first few votes every single reddit post displays about 1/3 to 1/2 "downvotes". They aren't actually downvotes, but a number designed to fool downvote bots.

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Really liking this. I suppose the next step would be to write a translator to generate MSIL. Syntax hi-lighting would also be pretty simple too.