Scripting Language Interpreter
Build an interpreter for a small scripting language from scratch in modern C++ with zero external dependencies. You tokenise source code, parse it into an AST, and either walk the tree or compile to bytecode for a stack-based virtual machine. A capstone project on the full pipeline from text to execution.
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What You'll Build
A working interpreter for a small dynamic language with variables, arithmetic, control flow, and functions, run either by a tree-walking evaluator or a bytecode virtual machine.
Learning Objectives
- Tokenise source text into a stream of lexical tokens
- Parse expressions and statements with recursive descent and precedence
- Represent the AST with node types and std::unique_ptr ownership
- Represent runtime values with std::variant across types
- Implement scopes and variable lookup with environment maps
- Compile the AST to bytecode for a stack-based virtual machine
- Implement function calls, a call stack, and control flow
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