With this artifact, everyone can easily invent new languages

[James Harris]

"Simeon Chaos" <simeon.chaos at gmail.com> wrote in message 
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> ? 2014?1?11????UTC+8??10?17?33?,Chris Angelico??:
> > On Sat, Jan 11, 2014 at 11:59 AM, Simeon Chaos wrote:
> >
> > > All along, the design of programming languages is a complex task. 
> > > Because we need to understand the esoteric compiler theory and 
> > > technology, and one of the most critical and very difficult part is to 
> > > define the rules of the new language and to parse with them.To solve 
> > > this problem, there have been many theories , techniques and tools . 
> > > These tools can be roughly divided into two categories: one is parser 
> > > generator, another is to write the parser by hand with or without a 
> > > parser library.

> Yes, it's complex to design a new language. So don't let the tool stand in 
> the way. There is a saying: Grinding a chopper will not hold up the work 
> of cutting firewood.

To the OP: this is a suitable topic for comp.lang.misc which is used for 
discussions about programming language design and implementation such as 
parse mechanisms.

James