Re: [GD-General] Scripting Systems

[Thatcher U. <tu...@tu...>]

On Jan 29, 2004 at 12:18 -0500, Brian Hook wrote:
> > in gamedev. It is cool to use a very flexible language for small
> > stuff like scripting parts of level.
> 
> But you'll have the same problems.  Language syntax errors, e.g.
> forgetting a "do" or "end", can be caught using the luac compiler, but
> semantic syntax bugs, e.g. "nname" instead of "name", won't be caught.
> 
> So if you script just triggers or just scripted sequences, you can
> still have a problem with errors.  Sure, the problem is minimized, but
> it still exists.

Yes indeed.  The JavaScript 2.0 spec apparently adds optional static
type checking.  I think JavaScript has somewhat more practical syntax
and class semantics, compared to Lua, as well.  I've never tried to
embed a JavaScript interpreter though.

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Thatcher Ulrich
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