New Language

[Seraphino]

Hello al VBForumers!

I have been planning on making a language for a while now and I have finally got up the guts enough to try it. Now, I am requesting a development team for this project considering my skill level in Assembly is not that great. If anyone would be willing to help that would be great. Currently, here are the positions that are needed on this team:

--Management Positions--

Head Project Coordinator: Seraphino
Co-Project Coordinator: -Position Open-
Documentation and Help File Records: -Position Open-

--Programming Positions--

IDE Programming and Interface Design: Seraphino & -Position Open-
Compiler Programming: -Position Open-
Co-Compiler Programming: -Position Open-
Syntax and Library Programming: -Position Open-
Syntax and Library Programming: -Position Open-
Parser Programming: -Position Open-
Parser Programming: -Position Open-
WinSock Programming for a MSDN-like assist: Seraphino & -Position Open-
24/7 Winsock Server Hoster: -Position Open-
Backup Server Hoster: -Position Open-
Linker: -Position Open-
Linker: -Position Open-

---Website Design--- (No Payed Hosting Needed)

24/7 Support: -Position Open-
Website Layout and Design: -Position Open-
Website Layout and Design: -Position Open-
Website Extras Programming: -Position Open-
Website Extras Programming: -Position Open-

---Other Needed---

Community Relations Manager for Reporting on these forums: -Position Open-


~~If anyone is interested PM me or just post here. I will be happy to get any questions on what positions offer and/or need!

**Please Note that the IDE will be programmed in Visual Basic 6.0

[Seraphino]

We need people! Please join the dev team, there is a little something for everyone! For More info, just PM me!

[Mosabama]

Man ,,, I want to be one of the team ... but I am not that experienced in Compilers ... but I was planning to learn about it ...

[Seraphino]

Please note that there are MANY other feilds that you can be involved in. You do not have to be a assmebly programmer. Also, I have a tutorial in my sig if you are interested.

PS: I know very little about Compiler Programming. I will mainly be the IDE and design team part. (And Project Leader )

[Kasracer]

Can we at least get a brief decription of the language and the advanced features it will take? Maybe some syntax examples? has the language even been put into draft form? Will you try standardization? Platform-independance? high, low, or mid level language?

[Seraphino]

This project has been cancelled at this time.

[packetVB]

Wow,
You lasted about a day?

[Kasracer]

This project has been cancelled at this time.

Heh. Don't give up on your dream, especially if I was the cause.

[damasterjo]

yeah man you can do it. we are patient, we understand that it will take a while for this to get rolling. just provide the info, find some people here, other sites, freinds whatever. This is big, cant put it together in a week. So stick with it man. You wont regret it. So tell us about the language and members will read it.
Then when your ready and more serious about starting, say go and we will be on stand by.

PS not me though. just trying to help!

[Seraphino]

No, I have realized that I am just not qualified for this. I mean, I know absolutly NO assembly or any other language except for VB 6.0. But if you guys want to keep applying for this that is OK. I really do want to continue doing this but I feel that I do not have the qualifications to do so.

But if you think I can, I will continue I guess

[damasterjo]

well you could learn along the way. and people have already showed interest, just keep at it. It might be real slow, but youll learn alot

[conipto]

It's said by many that the future of programming lies in Managed code, and even though saying that is liable to get you the forum version of a boot to the head.. it's got it's valid points.

Why not, rather than assembler, Dig into how MSIL (Intermediate Language) works with .NET, and have your compiler output IL (and link it to EXE's using ILASM). You then get to take advantage of the .NET framework, and though it does involve things like using the stack, and whatnot.. the experience might be easier on you since if you get stuck, you can always write something in VB.NET, then use ILDASM to see how it's done..

Bill

Edit - This explains the basics:
http://www.codeguru.com/csharp/.net/...cle.php/c4635/

[CornedBee]

Developing a new language has absolutely nothing to do with Assembly. Just implementing it

However, you should also consider looking at this thread, it's the project communication of LightFusion, the last attempt at a new language that I'm aware of. Many of the pitfalls of creating a language come up in the discussion.

[penagate]

Yes, it serves as an excellent guide on how not to design a product, complete from concept to confusion.

[Kasracer]

You could always convert syntax to C++ and use an existing C++ compiler to compile it.

[Phill64]

what ever happend to lightfusion?

if it's still going, this project is useless, tag onto that one
if it has stopped, this project will probably also stop (if u even decide to go for it in the first place).

sorry to be negative, but it's true, there are perfectly good languages out there already, don't waste your time trying to make another one

[penagate]

We all threw in our proverbial towels, except for I think Jacob. But then he seems more interested in his girlfriends these days, and who can blame him