Re: Minimal Scripting Lang

henry@spsystems.net (Henry Spencer)
21 Jun 2001 03:10:39 -0400

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From: henry@spsystems.net (Henry Spencer)
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: 21 Jun 2001 03:10:39 -0400
Organization: SP Systems, Toronto, Canada
References: 01-06-030
Keywords: interpreter
Posted-Date: 21 Jun 2001 03:10:39 EDT

>[The usual suggestions are tcl and python, but I don't know how well
>they'd squash into limited memory...


Tcl was *originally intended* as just such a minimal scripting
language (hence the name, standing for Tool Command Language), but
unfortunately it's gotten steadily less minimal as it has evolved and
grown over the years. A more-or-less current Tcl on an x86 approaches
half a megabyte.


Tcl 7.4, from approximately the time of the Ousterhout book, was only
about 100KB (again, on an x86) and might be suitable, especially with some
paring down. You should still be able to find it.
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