Re: [ANN] Idle Script - pre-alpha release

[Javier Guerra Giraldez <javier@...>]

Thomas Lauer wrote:
> > So here's what I want: I want a simple, but powerful scripting language
> > that can be installed by copying a couple files between machines and
> > then be done with. I want a language that can build executables in the
> > 20 to 50 kb range, not the megabyte monsters py2exe throws at me. And
> > I want a fast, efficient, extensible language. (And if script code I've
> > written ages ago remains readable and understandable even a decade
> > later, I won't complain either.)
>
> The fact is there is no "serious" scripting language I know of that can
> do that.

As i see it, you wanted Lua; but didn't want to include all needed 
modules.  so you did the sensible thing: embedded Lua into your 
executable, and statically linked your choice of modules, to make them 
'standard'.

It looks very similar to LuaX, doesn't it?

and I, like others on the list, don't think that warrants a different name.

for me the question is: did you change the language? or only the 
standard set of modules?

--
Javier