scripting languages and SEPPLES

I want to extend some software I'm working on without recompiling it every time by exposing a part of the code with a scripting language.

Lua looks interesting, it looks fairly easy to call C functions in it and I guess it can probably do C++ functionality (classes and templates) too.

any other options?

Python.

https://www.gnu.org/s/guile/

>>1
Is it going to be also user extendable scripting?

Chibi Scheme or Lua if it needs to be small, else >>3.
Python if you must and/or hate yourself.

Lisp's shit.

>>4
it's mostly for me and the project team, maybe others will use it in the future.

right now it's just a school project.

python was designed with embedding in mind. it's the perfect choice

>>8
Guile! Guile is the standard!

>>8
I lol'd.

>>8
Yes, a bloated pile of shit is surely great for embedding.

Roll your own language if your scripting needs are ridiculously simple or you don't care spending time reinventing the wheel, otherwise Lua.

>>11
Well you could embed Tinypy, that wouldn't be so bad.

>>12
I've done that before with a hobby app, it gets ugly...
First you roll your own DOS batch-style language with a forth stack and some dollar sign variables, but then...

but wait, I don't like dollar signs on my variables, nobody likes PHP, they'll make fun of me!... functions might be useful... operator parsing? yes... hmm lambdas... why don't we try making this homoiconic...

And before you know it you caught yourself in the process of upgrading a .BAT clone into your dream language. But instead got a half baked Haskell-Prolog shit that doesn't work because the homemade bytecode VM for it hasn't been finished for a year.

Let some other fool make the scripting engine for your app

>>14
But instead got a half baked Haskell-Prolog shit that doesn't work because the homemade bytecode VM for it hasn't been finished for a year.
My god man, finish that shit. I would be all about a half-baked Haskell-Prolog.

OP I recommend Lua. It is easy to embed and the language itself is pretty nice for a dynamic language. Functions are first class.

If you like static typed language have a look at AngelScript (haven't used it myself).

Have you considered a dynamic library plugin system ?

Which is better, chibi or tiny?

>>17
Enjoy your SEGFAULTge

thanks for the input
I've decided on lua with luabind for c++ functionality

>>20
Don't use vanilla Lua and luabind.

Use Luajit 2.0, it's decent and won't slow you down performance wise--it's the only Lua that's used in game development these days.

>>20
>C++
functionality