Re: [ANN] Squirrel yet another scripting language

"Alberto" <albertodemichelis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> Squirrel is a high level imperative/OO programming language, designed
> to be a powerful scripting tool that fits in the size, memory
> bandwidth, and real-time requirements of applications like games.
> Although Squirrel offers a wide range of features like:


You didn't provide a link, I assume this is it:
http://squirrel.sourceforge.net/ ?


The archive is not encapsulated, so it puts files in the current directory.
Other than that, it compiles with cygwin gcc 3.2 and runs.


Looks a bit like NewtonScript / JavaScript. I have to ask why you chose C
style loops instead of something like:


for i in 1..10 { } or something similar. C style loops are so cryptic.


~ Mike ~


> dynamic typing
> delegation
> higher order functions
> generators
> tail recursion
> exception handling
> automatic memory management (CPU bursts free; mixed approach ref
> counting/GC)
> both compiler and virtual machine fit together in about 6k lines of
> C++ code.

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