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Yes, but most programming languages are around for a few years before someone tries to use them to implement another language.

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Toy s-expression parsers are on an equal footing with "Hello World" regarding their complexity.

It's not like they tried to implement some full Lisp/Scheme.

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0 pointsrev_null9y ago0 comments

Yes, but most programming languages are around for a few years before someone tries to use them to implement another language.

Toy s-expression parsers are on an equal footing with "Hello World" regarding their complexity.

It's not like they tried to implement some full Lisp/Scheme.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse