"There are very few situations where writing your own langue"
Well, I can see how you might struggle there ;-)
Good natured snarks about spelling aside, part of the issue is that writing, documenting and maintaining your own language is only hard if your toolchain sucks.
If you're interested in writing a specialized language to solve a particular problem, take a look at PEG for JS, and either Racket or Common Lisp (the latter if you need native compilation).
I've recently been involved in the design and implementation of an English-like language for the expression of business domain concepts in web apps. It's a great approach if done thoughtfully and professionally.
That's probably the key, actually. The horror stories we hear are of the bad examples. And we all know that shitty tools, weak languages and bad documentation can come out of large software companies as commercial products as well.
Well, I can see how you might struggle there ;-)
Good natured snarks about spelling aside, part of the issue is that writing, documenting and maintaining your own language is only hard if your toolchain sucks.
If you're interested in writing a specialized language to solve a particular problem, take a look at PEG for JS, and either Racket or Common Lisp (the latter if you need native compilation).
I've recently been involved in the design and implementation of an English-like language for the expression of business domain concepts in web apps. It's a great approach if done thoughtfully and professionally.
That's probably the key, actually. The horror stories we hear are of the bad examples. And we all know that shitty tools, weak languages and bad documentation can come out of large software companies as commercial products as well.