[Celestia-developers] lua

[Chris L. <cl...@ww...>]

I've been looking into improving scripting for Celestia and came across a 
language called Lua: www.lua.org

It's designed to be an embeddable interpreter . . .  The syntax is 
straightforward, the interpreter is small, and the license is apparently 
compatible with the GPL.  Years ago, I worked with using Tcl as an 
embedded scripting language, but the syntax of Lua looks much nicer and it 
has types other than strings.

Has anyone worked with Lua before?  Is this worth pursuing as an 
alternative to the existing script system?  Or are there better embedded 
interpreters?

--Chris