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Embedding A Free Interpreter
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Hey, I need an interpreter embedded into my project (game server). I been trying to write one myself, but I don''t really like it. I keep getting good ideas for it, then giving up, then getting a better idea and starting over etc >.< I seen some of you guys talking about Lua here. It looks pretty cool. I just want an interpreter that I can write functions for, which can access my C++ classes. I really don''t care what the script language itself is like. Think I should use Lua? Are there any other good ones around? How about Python? Would I be able to use that?
I suggest that you do a bit more reading about each interpreter that you are interested in - that will allow you to ask specific questions with respect to your project.
I''ve personally worked with Python and Lua as well as some more obscure scripting languages and I find Lua the easiest to get embeded and I enjoy the syntax...
Good Luck,
Dave "Dak Lozar" Loeser
I''ve personally worked with Python and Lua as well as some more obscure scripting languages and I find Lua the easiest to get embeded and I enjoy the syntax...
Good Luck,
Dave "Dak Lozar" Loeser
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Hehe thanks. Python looks good, but I have no idea how I would embed it yet. Need to read up I guess.
Maybe someone has some good links?
Maybe someone has some good links?
lua
lua wiki
my vote goes to lua obviously.. its a very robust scripting language, and imo it''s perfect for games (light weight, low overhead, easy to embed, etc)
-eldee
;another space monkey;
[ Forced Evolution Studios ]
lua wiki
my vote goes to lua obviously.. its a very robust scripting language, and imo it''s perfect for games (light weight, low overhead, easy to embed, etc)
-eldee
;another space monkey;
[ Forced Evolution Studios ]
Do NOT let Dr. Mario touch your genitals. He is not a real doctor!
just to illustrate how easy it is to get lua embedded in existing applications- i had a simple scripting language of my own i was messing with.. eventually i needed something more powerful, so i completely reworked my app to use Lua. in less than 3 hours i had turned my game''s console into a command line Lua interpreter.. it''s really cool 
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Thanks.
So you guys like Lua? Hmm... it is quite a nice and simple scripting language. I think I''ll go with that then =)
I''ve compiled it, but I can''t get it to link. Oh well, I haven''t really read anything on it yet. I''ll have a look at it.
So you guys like Lua? Hmm... it is quite a nice and simple scripting language. I think I''ll go with that then =)
I''ve compiled it, but I can''t get it to link. Oh well, I haven''t really read anything on it yet. I''ll have a look at it.
quote: Original post by Ironica
I''ve compiled it, but I can''t get it to link. Oh well, I haven''t really read anything on it yet. I''ll have a look at it.
You probably need to wrap the header includes with extern "C" { } that''s the thing that most people don''t realise they need when they first use Lua (it''s certainly the thing I forgot).
John B
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Thanks for that, but the problem was I didn''t link it with the static library. Just compiled the static libary, and linked it with =)
Hehe, now I gotta figure how to use it... I go read up.
Hehe, now I gotta figure how to use it... I go read up.
I you use .NET, you can use the built-in compilers to compile actual code into an in-memory .dll that can do pretty much anything. And it's free.
Talk about scripting!
[edited by - Nypyren on June 23, 2003 5:28:11 AM]
Talk about scripting!
[edited by - Nypyren on June 23, 2003 5:28:11 AM]
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