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24 alternatives to Writing an Interpreter in Elixir

Elixir implementation of an interpreter for the Monkey programming language - fabrik42/writing_an_interpreter_in_elixir

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Writing an Interpreter in Elixir launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   I wrote a BASIC interpreter in Go▲144

   A BASIC interpreter written in golang. Contribute to skx/gobasic development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   An Implementation of the Language from “Writing an Interpreter in Go”▲9

   An interpreted language written in Go. Contribute to skx/monkey development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   I wrote a new BitTorrent tracker in Elixir▲394

   Hello everyone! I'm currently in a journey to learn and improve my Elixir and Go skills (my daily job uses C++) and looking through my backlog for projects to take on I decided Elixir is the perfect language to write a highly-parallel BitTorrent tracker. So I have spent my free time these last 3 months writing one! Now I think it has enough features to present it to the world (and a docker image to give it a quick try). I know some people see trackers as relics of the past now that DHT and PEX are common but I think they still serve a purpose in today's Internet (purely talking about public…

   2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Writing An Interpreter In Go▲68

   Learn how to build your own programming language interpreter

   2016 · interpreterbook.com · its alternatives →

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   Crafting Interpreters – A handbook for making programming languages▲423

   2017 · craftinginterpreters.com · its alternatives →

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   “Crafting Interpreters” chapter, control flow and Turing-completeness▲116

   2017 · craftinginterpreters.com · its alternatives →

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   “Statements and State”, the next chapter of my book on interpreters▲141

   2017 · craftinginterpreters.com · its alternatives →

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   I wrote a VM and Compiler for a small language in Go▲37

   My implementation of Thorsten Bell's book (Writing an Interpreter in Go) - actuallyachraf/monkey-giggle

   2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   I created a language called AntiLang – breaking all the conventions▲143

   AntiLang is an interpreted programming language written in Go. The basic idea of this is to keep all the logical parts of a language same, but reverse the structure of it. The idea for this project came when I was having a long midnight conversation with my friend and thought of writing such a weird language. The initial draft was far worse than the current implementation; we thought of reversing the brackets and the language would be read from bottom to top. I'm happy that I dropped that idea Technical details: As the interpreter is written in Golang, I compiled it to WASM, and the whole…

   2025 · siruscodes.github.io · its alternatives →

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    A simple Prolog Interpreter written in a few lines of Python 3▲149

    A simple Prolog Interpreter written in a few lines of Python 3. It runs a limited subset of Prolog and uses backtracking and generators in order to perform its magic. - photonlines/Python-Prolog-Interpreter

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Rhine – A typed Elixir-inspired language on LLVM▲81

    🔬 a C++ compiler middle-end, using an LLVM backend - artagnon/rhine

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Programming Elixir▲67

    The best way to get started with Elixir.

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Open Interpreter▲182

    Control your computer with natural language

    2023 · openinterpreter.com · its alternatives →

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    A playground for in-browser interpreters▲79

    2015 · fatiherikli.github.io · its alternatives →

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    I'm 17 and I created a Forth interpreter for the TI-84+ calculator▲56

    https://github.com/siraben/ti84-forth Hi HN! For the past year I've been getting into programming in Z80 assembly (especially for the TI-84+). More recently I've been learning about the Forth programming language and after a lot of searching online (in vain) for a Forth interpreter for the TI-84, I decided to write one myself. It's been fun demoing this to others, because it's a very unexpected use of a calculator. It's my largest project to date, and I'm interested to know what the HN community thinks, please feel free to critique my code! -- Ben

    2018 · its alternatives →

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    Small Clojure Interpreter▲143

    Configurable Clojure/Script interpreter suitable for scripting and Clojure DSLs - babashka/sci

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Dak – a Lisp-like language that transpiles to JavaScript▲94

    Hi HN, author here. Happy to answer any questions. I had an itch to make a lisp like language that was a thin layer on top JavaScript. Something that could leverage the thriving ecosystem that exists around JavaScript. It's brittle, hot off the oven. Besides being a fan of parenthesis, I think macros fill in a gap that the JavaScript ecosystem today fills in with one-off compilers, bundler plugins and such. Macros can't do everything, but for example I think they have the potential to enable things like JSX, Solid and Svelte style libraries. Take the tour to get a feel for what it can do and…

    2023 · daklang.com · its alternatives →

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    Result monad for Elixir inspired by Rust Result type▲39

    2021 · hexdocs.pm · its alternatives →

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    Simple Pascal interpreter written in Swift▲103

    Simple Swift interpreter for the Pascal language inspired by the Let’s Build A Simple Interpreter article series. - igorkulman/SwiftPascalInterpreter

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    eli – Embedded Lisp Interpreter▲45

    Embedded Lisp Interpreter. Contribute to codr7/eli development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Learning Project: building an imperative language▲36

    Hi! I am doing a learning project, attempting to build an imperative language (and interpreter). The end product will be useless for others, I just want to learn and better understand how to build imperative languages. :) If someone else shares this interest and want to give some good hints on good resources I would be grateful. Currently I am looking at an awesome text by Bob Nystrom. All suggestions and tips on resources are most welcome. I am very much a beginner in this, but I find this topic very fascinating. Mail me or post links here! Cheers! You can try a beta version Online at…

    2020 · its alternatives →

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    es6_maps, new Elixir syntax feature via runtime compiler hacking▲71

    Hi HN! I thought you might enjoy this even if you don't know much about Elixir. `es6_maps` is a small library that introduces a "shorthand" map creation syntax, similar to shorthand object construction in JavaScript/TypeScript. For those unfamiliar with Elixir, the most interesting aspect might be how it achieves this. `es6_maps` takes advantage of BEAM (Erlang's VM) hot-reload capabilities to amend the Elixir compiler bytecode at runtime, adding functions that expand the shorthand syntax for further compilation. I think it's a nice showcase of the power you can wield (with care) when…

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    A Travis CI Elixir client▲50

    Simple Elixir wrapper for the Travis API. Contribute to kddnewton/travis.ex development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    OpenAI dev assistant GUI with local code interpreter▲67

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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