script-language

Invent new language, syntax check?

i been thinking of a new programming language. Before trying to implement it i would like to check the syntax of code to see if there is much ambiguity. (i find it funny that its possibly to do var++++ to a class) ...

describing something, should i use Backus-Naur Form?

I want to describe a complex script and possibly programming language. i was thinking of describing it in Backus-Naur Form before doing anything (excluding dummy/sample script code) Is there another form to describe a language then Backus-Naur Form? What alternatives should i consider? ...

If you only have a hammer...or

I need to download some csv files over http from the internet, parse it and convert it to a more useful fomat. Eventually a C++ program will consume the data. A few years ago, I would be pulling out my Perl books and start writing Perl scripts to do the downloading and parsing. But now with Boost and Qt I can do the download, parsing, an...