So what I've decided to do to simply create some useful content for you guys - is do a review on one of my favorite books on the subject of creating programming languages - it's called: "How To Create Your Own Freaking Awesome Programming Language" and is available at createyourproglang.com.
To describe this book in one word, it's amazing. It teaches a lot of good, core concepts of creating programming languages (along with things about parsing and lexing (don't worry if you don't know what these are - the book covers it all)) and also contains instructions to apply your knowledge so at the end of the book, you've actually created your very own programming language! It's probably worth noting that there are also several videos that come along with it that go through creating the language if you aren't really into books.
The book (and videos) namely use Ruby, but it isn't difficult to apply the same core concepts taught in the book to other languages (such as C++ or Java).
I give this 4.5/5 stars as it's an amazing book (definitely worth reading while I'm producing the blog posts for this blog - it'll give you an amazing basis for creating programming languages) but the videos don't really have a professional touch to them (hence 4.5 and not 5).
I've personally never looked back after buying this, and it's really got me to where I am today.
That's the end of this blog post - remember to purchase the book (and videos) if your interested, and I'll see you in the next blog post!
