On Tuesday, 6 October 2015 at 19:42:08 UTC, Jacob wrote:
There are many programs out there that use some sort of
scripting capabilities.
I've been wanting to write an app that exposes a scripting like
environment D, lua, or some other fast language to the user.
But there are two requirements:
1. The user has access to all objects created in app. e.g., if
I create a class X in the app then the user can instantiate X
in the script without having to recreate it. (the script then,
is sort of an extension of the app)
I don't mind actually having to expose X to the script, but it
should be easy.
2. It should be fast. When it is "recompiled" it shouldn't take
more than a few seconds. It also shouldn't require a
re-initialization of everything.
Can D do this easily?
You know, you can use D as a scripting language. On Linux, you do
something like put
#!/bin/rdmd
at the beginning of the file, mark it is executable, and then you
can run it. I don't know what you need to put on the top to make
it work on Windows.
These days, I write most of my scripts in D.
- Jonathan M Davis
