Is different to make an interpreter than a compiler, or to use refcounting than use a GC (even if in theory a RF is a kind of GC exist a HUGE impact in actual implementation) Is important to have clear which are the semantic/goals of the lang to know what you need to do in code. Go to to ask about the design space (static, dynamic, how model syntax, etc) to get the big picture. If you have questions or are looking for info about specific topics you can also go to r/ProgramingLanguages or r/Compilers but if you search a little bit you will most likely already find a bunch of stuff yourself.Īpart from the good recommendations here: You will inevitably have to look at several guides and maybe even figure out some things yourself since no guide will make exactly the language you want. If you want to make your own language you probably shouldn't exactly follow a guide and copy everything 1-to-1 and instead learn and understand the concepts. It doesn't use Rust but if you know Rust well and at least understand Java and/or C a little bit (which you probably can just by knowing Rust since the syntax is quite similar) you should have no problems following along. It starts from the basics and goes into a lot of detail but later on goes over implementing a lot of features found in many languages.

already completed) and implementing many more features you should definitely read.

I haven't looked into it in detail but it might be worth a look.īut if you want something much further along (i.e. Somebody is currently writing a series of blog posts about creating a language in Rust that have been posted around here recently:

How to create your own game rust