Hackers' Pub

Hackers’ Pub

Syntax	Description	Examples
`"` keyword `"`	Finds the string within quotes, including spaces. Case-insensitive. (Escape quotes inside with `\"`)	`"Hackers' Pub"`
`from:` handle	Finds content written by the specified user.	`from:hongminhee` `from:hongminhee@hollo.social`
`lang:` ISO 639-1	Finds content written in the specified language.	`lang:en`
`#` tag	Finds content with the specified tag. Case-insensitive.	`#HackersPub`
condition condition	Finds content that satisfies both conditions on either side of the space (logical AND).	`"Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
condition `OR` condition	Finds content that satisfies at least one of the conditions on either side of the OR operator (logical OR).	`#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
`(` condition `)`	Combines the operators within the parentheses first.	`(#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" OR "Hackers Pub") lang:en`

demofox @demofox@mastodon.gamedev.place

6/22/2025, 5:40:39 PM

Public

I want to make a super simple c like language that allows expressions, assignments, conditionals, calling built in functions and reading/writing built in variables.
Would people recommend lexx/yacc (flex/bison) for this?
It seems doing that id be able to put in text and get out an AST or bytecode that I could then use to generate c++ or Javascript or interpret at runtime.
Im tempted to do this myself from scratch and i have done so in the past, but thinking maybe not this time.

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