Re: Simple Lua for scripts

[Philippe Lhoste <PhiLho@...>]

Alain wrote:
> But there remains on problem: I want to present users with a more simple 
> syntax for the language. Not only for simplicity but for discipline too. 
> There must be a way to do it.

Uh? Lua syntax is amongst the easier for the scripting languages I know 
(I don't know that much, but even :-)

I am not even sure a Basic dialect could be said easier. (Basic has been 
designed for beginners, after all.)

> You sai in another message: "Trust your users. That may be hard, but 
> it's worth it in the long run." Well I don't trust them, it is sad but 
> it is a fact of life: users are dangerous, agressive creatures.

Well, so don't put a programming language in their hands, or generate 
code yourself, eg. with a graphical interface allowing to connect boxes 
to form an organigram (or an UML graph...).

Perhaps a bit like that: http://www.gemtree.com/editor.gif

Or make a simplistic metalanguage, and parse it to generate Lua code (or 
VM bytecode if you are good enough).

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