Nope, that DSL already exists. HQ9+. Wikipedia it.
On Jan 7, 10:08 am, "Jan Goyvaerts" <[email protected]> wrote: > Personally I don't know about Rats - but I would also advise to go for the > language parser approach. A structured approach towards implementing a DSL. > I certainly recommend the Antlr book of Pragmatic Programmers > (http://www.pragprog.com/titles/tpantlr/the-definitive-antlr-reference). > > You could be the first to create a DSL with a feature we all use but is > provided by no language so far: Say "Hello World". ;-) > > On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 9:21 AM, Reinier Zwitserloot <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > Personally i advise using rats instead of ANTLR, but, ymmv. > > > On Jan 7, 3:16 am, RogerV <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I've been using ANTLR for my "little" language, SFig: > > > >http://code.google.com/p/sfig/ > > > > I've used flex/bison (GUN lex and yacc clones) in the past to roll a > > > XSLT parser and have very much liked working with ANTLR as a contrast. > > > > ANTLR by default is geared toward creating language parsers that > > > target the Java JVM, however, it can also target C/C++, C# .NET, > > > ActionScript3. (This turns out to be quite advantageous to my > > > particular language project.) > > > > I like that lexical definitions are rolled into the same source file > > > as the grammar. > > > > I like the ANTLR concept of optionally being able to devise a tree > > > grammar to process AST. I structured SFig in this manner. > > > > The first pass creates tree structure AST, and then a second pass can > > > be made over the AST to do actions. In ANTLR you actually encode a > > > tree grammar that looks very similar to the language grammar. > > > > For ultra simple languages with very minimalist purposes, doing a tree > > > grammar might be overkill, but it's a handy way to structure things > > > when you get to have a bit more complexity going on. > > > > Also, if you buy the ANTLR book, it has a section on doing byte code > > > enhancement, which is way to get introduced to messing with Java byte > > > code. > > > > Messing with ANTLR is bound to give inspiration for doing some > > > actually practical language tools - in addition to being a good > > > environment to learn language parsing with. > > > > --Roger > > > > On Jan 6, 3:43 am, Kram <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > For a while now, I've been wanting to get my hands dirty on Java and > > > > the JVM, by this is mean getting to know bytecode, and how compilers > > > > work, JIT, the JVM in general, etc... > > > > > So the best thing I figure to do is to write my own, very basic, > > > > language for the JVM. Even if it provides no real benefit to anyone, I > > > > would really like to give this a try. > > > > > Languages really interest me and any help on this topic would be > > > > greatly appreciated. > > > > > Thanks a lot, > > > > Mark --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
