Re: Looking for scripting suggestions

Manoj Plakal <plakal-nospam@nospam-cs.wisc.edu>
8 Aug 2001 01:11:41 -0400

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From: Manoj Plakal <plakal-nospam@nospam-cs.wisc.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: 8 Aug 2001 01:11:41 -0400
Organization: University of Wisconsin-Madison
References: 01-07-166
Keywords: interpreter
Posted-Date: 08 Aug 2001 01:11:09 EDT

Spam MeNot wrote:
> I'm looking for a scripting library that can be embedded in an
> application. What I want is fairly simple, but difficult to locate.
>
> First, the syntax has to be simple and comfortable. I need for
> non-programmers to be able to generate these simple scripts.
>
> Second, the language should be non-typed. This makes it easier for
> new users to pickup.
>
> Also, it needs to be embeddable and simply extendable.


                Have you considered Python? The base language
                itself is simple, clean and easy for beginners and
                        non-programmers. It's dynamically typed and
                        easily embedded and extended.


                        Several folks have ported Python to hand-held
                        and embedded devices by stripping out a lot
                        of modules and things like FP math.


                        The Pippy project (http://www.endeavors.com/pippy/)
                        has a version of Python that runs on PalmOS (with
                        4MB of memory) while "Deeply Embedded Python"
                        (http://www.abo.fi/~iporres/python/) have stripped
                        the Python VM+libraries down to around 120KB
                        for a Hitachi SH1 board with 256KB RAM.


                Manoj


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