There is a long, difficult road from vague, pie-in-the-sky ideas about what would be cool to have in a new programming language, to a robust, self-consistent, practical implementation of those ideas. Designing and implementing a new programming language from scratch is one of the most challenging tasks a programmer can undertake.

Note: this post is targeted at motivated programmers who want to make a serious attempt at designing a useful programming language. If you just want to make a language as a fun side project, then you can totally just wing it. Taking on an unserious project of that nature is also a good way to develop some expertise which will be useful for a serious project later on.

https://drewdevault.com/2020/12/25/How-to-design-a-new-programming-language.html

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