From: Dave Taylor <me@...>
Date: 2004-03-01T23:49:46+09:00
Subject: Re: embedding?

On Sun, 29 Feb 2004 15:12:23 +0100, shasckaw <shasckaw@skynet.be> wrote:

> Eric Smith wrote:
>> I've written some simulators in C that use Tcl and custom commands as an
>> embedded debugger language.
>>
>> Tcl works OK, but I don't like the language very well.  It's simple, but
>> not very elegant  Ruby looks like a much better language.
>>
>> Is there any documentation or example code showing embedding Ruby in
>> a C program?  A Google search turns up some C++ stuff, but it didn't
>> seem very helpful.
>>
>> Is it possible to create multiple independent Ruby interpreter contexts?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Eric
>>
>> [If you want to reply by private email, please remove the obvious
>> spam-proofing from my email address.]
> Have you tried Lua instead of Tcl? I've heard that even pythoners think 
> lua is better than python for embedding. I don't know if ruby can easily 
> be embedded, but I'm sure it's the case for Lua.
>
> Lio
>

Lua is very easy to embed into C... There is a few good tutorials on the 
subject (one of which I am writing).
If your interested in the Lua route - go to 
http://lua-users.org/wiki/SimpleLuaApiExample for a simple example of 
embedding Lua in C.

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