Creating a small programming language for beginners

Question

I would like to create my own programming language. Maybe not exactly a programming language from scratch but maybe base it on another language.

I\'ve heard of Yacc. So

Answer 1

I created a very small language in yacc for a lecture in one of the higher semesters in college. It is a very complicated thing, I wouldn't recommend to do it just like that.

You could create a library, for example in C#, defining some simple instructions like "message(string)" and mapping them to more complex things like opening a window and displaying the message. It would not be an independent language, but you could define your own basic instructions, even if they just wrap basic instructions of the used language.