22 September 2016
Build Your Own Elixir
A journey through the process of creating a language that compiles to the Erlang virtual machine
Talk objectives:
- Get a high level overview of the common parts of a compiler
- Learn how to use Leex and Yacc to turn our source code file into an abstract syntax tree
- See how we can generate Core Erlang from our abstract syntax tree and then load it into the VM
Target audience:
- Developers with with an interest in how Elixir and other BEAM languages are created. Some knowledge of Erlang syntax may be beneficial.
