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A step-by-step tutorial to developing a language processor for a ``little language'' which can be used on any platform including DOS. The view is towards applying language processor techniques, using them across diverse languages and providing procedures for designing programming languages. Details how to build a compiler for a little language that you can design, along with numerous examples of code to demonstrate how to implement your own language processor. Disk with interpreter and utilities developed in the book is available separately or in a set.

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Nov 22, 2022 · beefok on Little languages are the future of programming

I've always enjoyed reading this book that espouses this same idea:
Constructing Language Processors for Little Languages 1st Edition by Randy M. Kaplan [1].
It's no longer being produced, but used it's $6 or less.
It's dated, from 1994, but it is a fun enjoyable discussion on the benefit of tiny specific languages. It also has a nice tutorial on the use of lex and yacc.
[1] https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0471597546

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