alt Hacker NewsCrafting Interpreters is the one thing that LLM's can do really really well. Because it is so easy to define and test.
Here are is a new LUA interpreter implemented in Python:
https://github.com/rhulha/MoonPie
And here is a new language:
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wiseowise • 01/15/2026
LLMs can write much better comments than you do, but for some reason you continue to write them. Why?
ramon156 • 01/15/2026
What even is the point of that? The whole point of the book is to get a sense and mindset of crafting compilers.
HarHarVeryFunny • 01/15/2026
Is MoonPie your project? Have you written up anything about your experience and process of creating it?
> Because it is so easy to define and test
Probably also because there 100+ implementations for it to copy from