Making your own programming language is easier than you think (but also harder)
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A developer shares their experience building a custom programming language called pslang, driven by game modding needs where Lua and C++ both fell short. The language blends ideas from C++, Rust, Python, and Zig, featuring indentation-based scoping, a strict static type system, C ABI compatibility, and a JIT compiler — all while remaining small enough to embed in a game.
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