From: Todd Gillespie <toddg@...128.ma.utexas.edu>
Date: 2001-08-25T05:52:34+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:20310] Re: Backwards language

Sean Middleditch <elanthis@users.sourceforge.net> wrote:
: I'm wondering how people think of my idea.  I am developing, currently,
: nothing but the back end.  I haven't the slightest clue what the actual
: language will look like, even though the backend is already capable of
: executing pretty simple code (generating byte code with a C API).  The idea
: is that I am putting all of my effort into developing a very lean and fast
: backend design solely for embedding into applications (mainly games).  The
: result is a fairly powerful backend that is language independent.

Have you hung out around perl-porters and talked with the Parrot people?

: If anyone is curious as to why I'm even bothering with this, it is because
: no embeddable language I've encountered has met my expectation of being (a)
: easy to embed, (b) fast, (c) easy on the script programmer.  Although, I
: will admit, Ruby is the best I've seen to date, and it's what I'm currently
: using as an embedded language.

Have you worked with Tcl yet?  I think it's a pain in the ass to script 
in, but it is probably the easiest-to-embed language anywhere.