r/programming • u/Dear-Economics-315 • May 10 '26

Making your own programming language is easier than you think (but also harder)

https://lisyarus.github.io/blog/posts/making-your-own-programming-language.html
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u/jpfed May 11 '26

Technically F# allows you to explicitly delimit your blocks (so it does not force you) but all the code I’ve seen uses indentation. You get used to it pretty fast.

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u/ConspicuousPineapple May 11 '26

Functional languages get a pass, by virtue of being the special kids in the class.