Lightweight Scripting/Extension Languages?

Posted by Cliff on Monday January 5, 2004 @06:41PM from the when-the-code-footprint-is-everything dept.

Andy Tai asks: "Extension languages are designed to be embedded in applications to support customization of the application behavior. Common scripting languages, like Perl and Python, are fairly 'large' with powerful run-time engines and libraries and are widely available and 'script' writers usually assume their stand-alone existences in the deployment environment. However, if one is looking for a language that's small enough so its source can be embedded in the distribution of and built as part of the application, Python and Perl may be 'overweight.' For the real lightweight choices there are Lua and Tinyscheme. Are there others? What are people's preferences and opinions regarding lightweight extension languages?"

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Re:Guile by aspjunkie · 2004-01-05 19:06 · Score: 3, Funny

just Guile!? Don't forget Ryu, Chun Li, and Dhalsim! ;)
Re:The need for "extension languages" by squiggleslash · 2004-01-06 02:20 · Score: 2, Funny

Personally, I like C. And to be honest, I always thought the advantage in having a faster CPU was that my programs could run faster.

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