Build Your Own Programming Language

Table of Contents

1. Why Build Another Programming Language
2. Programming Language Design
3. Scanning Source Code
4. Parsing
5. Syntax Trees
6. Symbol Tables
7. Checking Base Types
8. Checking Types on Arrays, Method Calls, and Structure Accesses
9. Intermediate Code Generation
10. Syntax Cloning in an IDE
11. Bytecode Interpreters
12. Generating Bytecode
13. Native Code Generation
14. Implementing Operators and Built-In Functions
15. Domain Control Structures
16. Garbage Collection
17. Final Thoughts
18. Appendix A - Unicon Essentials