Re: new scripting language available for testing... anytakers?

HI Russel - yes we 'd like to look into this.

Also, does anyone know if there is any way of replacing JVM components by a
smaller platform? Java VM takes about 10 megs and that makes it very
difficult to package it for distribution.

cheers!

----- Original Message -----
From: "Russell Young" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 10:57 PM
Subject: [blug-tech] new scripting language available for testing...
anytakers?


>
> Hi there,
>
> I have just pretty much finished writing a scripting language for a
> project (personal, unfortunately, not professional). It seems to me to
> work pretty well - it is a neat solution for what I needed, and I think
> can have some general application. Anyone interested in trying it out?
>
> The language looks like C with minor differences to make scripting more
> convenient (no typing, default arguments, pass-by-value or
> pass-by-reference, macros, and a bunch more). The big advantage it has is
> object support. The objects are intended to be mainly wrappers for Java
> objects, allowing a lot of flexibility in working with java objects from
> the scripting environment. Functions can be defined either in the language
> itself, in "smart" java objects that understand the language, or (with
> some limitations) can call java objects directly. I used it to write
> output routines for a CD organizer, but I think it would be really useful
> for things like writing skins for java applications, or other things where
> you might want to make changes without mucking with the application
source.
>
> The language code is small (70k jar file compiled, 60k for the source -
> though it could use some more documentation), and a good introduction to
> compilers for anyone interested in seeing how they work. I've been playing
> with it for a few days now and it seems pretty stable, so it should not be
> too big a waste of anyone's time but mine. Anyone care for a new toy?
>
> russell
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