BSbsurmanski·Jul 31, 2018
I already made a language called OWL ;)
https://github.com/bsurmanski/wlc
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3 sourcesI've been working on a programming language in my spare time, also. I call it OWL. Its not quite ready, but here's a link anyways: https://github.com/bsurmanski/wlc
OWL aims to be a low level object-oriented language without a garbage collector (albeit with reference counting).
The best 'example' program using OWL right now is a game I made for the 48 hour game jam, Global Game Jam 2015: https://github.com/bsurmanski/ggj2015
I agree with the poster that making a programming language from scratch is a great way to explore programming. On top of that, its a great experience seeing able to implement all of those features you wish were in your favorite language (or find out why they aren't).
In The Rewards of Creating a Programming Languagepersonal plug: I've also been working on a programming language in my spare time, called "OWL"; My language is, coincidentally, also meant to be a cleaned up C++ for game development. It is an object-oriented systems language, without a garbage collector where it's most notable features are:
* classes are reference types to avoid slicing (but may still be stack allocated)
* classes are reference counted
* arrays are sized
* semicolons are optional
* tuples are first class types. (essentially acting as anonymous structs)
* basic one-way compatibility for importing C headers
The compiler can be found here:
https://github.com/bsurmanski/wlc
currently it compiles for both Linux and Windows, requiring LLVM as a dependency.
a game written in OWL for Ludum Dare 30 can be found here:
https://github.com/bsurmanski/ld30
In A Programming Language for Games: Demo [video]