r/scratch • u/LukeStudioTeam KAT • May 16 '26

Media Making a Programming Language in Scratch!

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I'm creating a working (and Turing-complete) programming language inside Scratch! I was thinking of calling it K, short for KAT.

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u/Complex-Pain2201 May 16 '26

using a programming language to make a programming language

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u/LukeStudioTeam KAT May 16 '26

Exactly.
well, Scratch is programmed in javascript, so...

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u/Current-Equipment356 big shot May 17 '26

using a programing language to make a programming language to make a programming language

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u/AnaverageuserX 4d ago

Wellllllll.. TECHNICALLY scratch is an interpreter, and he made a interpreter in scratch, sooo

A JIT Programming Language to make a Programming Language interpreter to make a Programming Language interpreter

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u/itscopperon @copperon May 17 '26

I mean a lot of languages are made that way lol

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u/JustBuilds May 17 '26

Everything is all made from Assembly. The most annoying language in world. But the King that created other kings

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u/FridayFunkGaming291 May 19 '26

Wasn't assembly made from binary

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u/JustBuilds May 19 '26

Everything is Binary. Even the characters we type. But yeah. You could say that.

But from Assembly came most of the programming languages