I built a Ruby Interpreter

Thu, 04 Jun 2026 19:25:00 -0500

I love Ruby, but I don’t understand how it works. And my biggest character flaw is that I can’t just read the source, I have to build my own.

You can see my previous posts on this subject:

Ideally the interpreter would have been in between those two.

And before you get too far, here’s some required background reading: justforfunnoreally.dev

Cora 🔗

So me and the clanker have been working on a new Ruby interpreter named Cora.