Re: Lua wrappers
- Posted by ags <eu at 531pi.co.nz> Dec 16, 2005
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Matt Lewis wrote: > > Damien wrote: > > > > why not code a wrapper for perl or python? they are just as good as lua for > > embedded scripting. I know perl comes with a library specifically for that > > purpose, > > and I'm pretty sure python might. > > Python perhaps, but I'm not aware of any embeddable perl distributions. > Although Lua was designed expressly for embedding. More interesting I think > would be to modify the PD Euphoria source to be embedded. > > Matt Lewis Any program can link with libperl.[so|dll] to be able to interpret Perl in your app, but I agree with the other posters, Perl is just too big and Lua is tailor made for such use. Perl's not <i>that</i> complicated though :) Gary