[smnplk]

I wish he would have used C for everything. You need to buyin into Java's whole OOP thing, which I am not a fan of.

[SatvikBeri]

It's not too hard to adapt the first half of the book into whatever language you want. People have posted versions in dozens of languages: https://github.com/munificent/craftinginterpreters/wiki/Lox-...

(There are fewer options for the second half, since you need more control over memory management.)

[Conscat]

It's hard to say what "that hard" should be considered, but the book's first half involves Java reflection, which isn't obvious code to port to different languages in my opinion.

[thw_9a83c]

I understand. I wasn't a Java person when I read that book, yet I still prefer Java over more esoteric options. If Golang is easier for you to understand (no OOP), then I can recommend this one:

https://interpreterbook.com/

BTW, I'm not the author of either of those books, but I have read both of them.

[nine_k]

Wren, the topic of the post, is positioned as a descendant of Smalltalk, the most OOP language of them all. The author clearly finds the OOP paradigm important.

[codr7]

I recently did a dual implementation of a simple language in Java/C for educational purposes:

https://github.com/codr7/shi