How to make a C-Like Interpreted Scripting Language in C#

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Question: I am looking to develop a Scripting Language like Lua, but you use

    if (paramters) {
        codeToDo()
    }

rather than

    if parameters do
        code_to_do()
    end

but have yet to find a good tutorial out their on the internet.

Parameters: I want it to be interpreted, and I also want to make it in C#, so that it integrates with it the easiest.

So what is your question? We help when you are stuck, not to do your research and write the program for you. — Ron Beyer
– Ron Beyer, Commented Apr 26, 2015 at 22:04
You may wish to look at github.com/dotnet/roslyn and scriptcs.net, perhaps you don't need to create something new — Dweeberly
– Dweeberly, Commented Apr 26, 2015 at 22:36
Another alternative is CSScript. I use it extensively for all my scripting needs. — Roman Starkov
– Roman Starkov, Commented Apr 27, 2015 at 0:09

Community · Accepted Answer · 2020-06-20 09:12:55Z

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Writing a language and an interpreter is not an easy task, you have to define the complete syntax and after write a parser for it, finally you have to implement a interpreter capable of executing your language.

There are already answers about creating programming languages here on SO:

Some books that could guide you in the right direction:

Language Implementation Patterns " Written by Terrence Parr creator of ANTLR a parse generation tool in Java, teaches the basics of language definition and the implementation of a bytecode vm."
Writing Compilers and Interpreters: A Software Engineering Approach

Couldnt find a practical book with code in C#, most of books about compilers comes with code in C, only some with Java.

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answered Apr 27, 2015 at 3:01

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Duphus Over a year ago

Thanks! It's alright that you couldn't find one in C#, because C# and Java have incredibly similar syntax/practices. Therefore, it shouldn't be hard to convert.

someoneigna Over a year ago

You're welcome, good luck with this project, It surely is a hard one to complete but you can learn a lot in the process. Keep focused and who knows, probably in some time we're going to see a tag with your language right here.

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