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Re: Embedded Scripting -- Tcl? Lua? Thoughts? Suggestions?

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rickman wrote:

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>> The real driver for wanting to do this as a scripting language is to make
>> it easy for the user to customize.  I'm imagining that some users won't
>> want to touch the customization with a 10 foot pole, some will be happy
>> to customize a button or two, some will get their feet wet and then call
>> us, and some will go whole hog with the thing, and do entire systems
>> without us even knowing it's going on.
> 
> I think what you are describing is Forth.  There are two commercial
> vendors, MPE and Forth Inc.  I know the MPE license allows you to embed
> the "interpreter" into your product for the customer to use.  There are
> also open source Forths around, but with varying levels of embeddability
> and support.  One is Mecrisp which is available for a few of the many
> ARM processors around and the TMS430 I believe.  There are many others.
> 
> Forth can be idiot simple to use.  The assumption is it has a serial
> terminal for I/O or something much like it.  I/O can be redirected
> from/to files or anything else by using deferred words.  It can run on
> the bare metal or under an OS.  You can give as much power to your
> customer as you think they can handle or as little as you think is wise.
> 
> I've cross posted this to the forth group to get input from some of the
> regulars there.
> 
> Oh, about the "file system".  If you are happy with no file system at
> all, Forth can treat your storage as "blocks" of 1 KB and no real files
> at all.  You can't get much simpler than that.

Sometimes don't you wish Usenet had a "Like" button?

MPE's VxfForth is probably best for most of the platforms you are likely to 
be dealing with these days. I do recall suggesting Forth earlier in this 
thread. You really can design the script language you want and make it seem 
quite natural to the user.
 
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Re: Embedded Scripting -- Tcl?  Lua?  Thoughts?  Suggestions? rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-03-18 02:34 -0400
  Re: Embedded Scripting -- Tcl?  Lua?  Thoughts?  Suggestions? Paul E Bennett <Paul_E.Bennett@topmail.co.uk> - 2015-03-18 12:37 +0000

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