Threaded Interpretive Languages
Threaded Interpretive Languages by R. G. Loeligerby R. G. Loeliger
Shares rank 100 of 115 programming books by recommenders
Recommended for its coverage of how threaded interpretive languages are designed and implemented, by two commenters who cite it as a useful reference.
Recommended for its coverage of how threaded interpretive languages are designed and implemented, by two commenters who cite it as a useful reference.
2 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 2
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 2 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Covers design and implementation of threaded languages
“R. G. Loeliger Threaded Interpretive Languages Their Design And Implementation”
Comment from 12 Dec 2025 in “Revisiting "Let's Build a Compiler"” Helped a reader understand threaded languages
“thanks to a book "Threaded Interpretive Languages" by R.G. Loeliger”
Comment from 14 Mar 2026 in “The Forth Language [Byte Magazine Volume 05 Number 08]”
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| Crafting Interpretersby Robert Nystrom | 60 | 4 | 94% | 10 | — | Approved |
| Clean Codeby Robert C. Martin | 31 | 87 | 26% | 9 | — | — |
| The Pragmatic Programmerby Hunt and Thomas | 28 | 1 | 97% | 7 | — | Approved |
| How to Design Programsby Felleisen, Findler, Flatt and Krishnamurthi | 18 | 2 | 90% | 7 | — | Approved |
| Threaded Interpretive Languagesby R. G. LoeligerThis page | 2 | 0 | 100% | 2 | — | — |
What people said
All 2 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“thanks to a book "Threaded Interpretive Languages" by R.G. Loeliger”
“R. G. Loeliger Threaded Interpretive Languages Their Design And Implementation”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.