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 Coloring in an IDE
11. Preprocessors and Transpilers
12. Bytecode Interpreters
13. Generating Bytecode
14. Native Code Generation
15. Implementing Operators and Built-In Functions
16. Domain Control Structures
17. Garbage Collection
18. Final Thoughts
19. Appendix: Unicon Essentials
20. Answers