If Blockland got a new scripting language, what would you pick?

[TristanLuigi]

I'm not sure if this is the popular opinion, but after looking into TorqueScript I noticed it seemed rather... odd, especially with how it deals with strings. If you got to pick a new language to use in Blockland without any effort, which one would you pick?

Note: ECMAScript is the actual language that JavaScript is based on. JavaScript (also, JScript and ActionScript) are all pretty much the same language but with different "extended" features from ECMA.

[Ad Bot]

[0xBRIANSMITH]

JavaScript, but specifically Google's V8 Engine. stuff so fast it's speeds are comparable to native C++.

[Wrapperup]

I will strangle the mother forgeter who voted "Lua"

[Lego lad]

I will strangle the mother forgeter who voted "Lua"

pls don't touch me

[ZombieDude]

c++

[Wrapperup]

c++

That's not scripting.

Forgot to say though:
Either I would use Squirrel http://squirrel-lang.org/ api is simmilar to lua's, scripting is much different, comparable to javascript
Or what brian said, Google's V8 Engine.

[TristanLuigi]

I will strangle the mother forgeter who voted "Lua"

Why? :P

[$trinick]

c++

Nah. Definitely inappropriate for a scripting language.


Psst..

[Axo-Tak]

Why? :P

Lua isn't object-oriented but you can tweak metatables, which is probably how ROBLOX Lua handles the game table and its subtables.

[TristanLuigi]

Nah. Definitely inappropriate for a scripting language.


Psst..

holy stuff
I thought about this once while I was trying to go to sleep and wondered how awesome it would be to make a JavaScript parser. Is there a thread for this or...?

Lua isn't object-oriented but you can tweak metatables, which is probably how ROBLOX Lua handles the game table and its subtables.

Oh yeah, I was looking at Lua and Ruby right before making this thread. I saw that as quite the drawback, but I suppose since Roblox and Gmod both do it fine, I figured it would be worth throwing into the poll. Personally, I'm going for ECMA or Ruby.

[Swat 3]

JavaScript, but specifically Google's V8 Engine[/s]. stuff so fast it's speeds are comparable to native C++.

yes

[Honno]

C# just to make extension naming easier ;)

[$trinick]

holy stuff
I thought about this once while I was trying to go to sleep and wondered how awesome it would be to make a JavaScript parser. Is there a thread for this or...?

It's not a JavaScript parser. I fully implemented the v8 engine into Blockland.

http://pastebin.com/Bngf9FLw

[TristanLuigi]

It's not a JavaScript parser. I fully implemented the v8 engine into Blockland.

http://pastebin.com/Bngf9FLw

Awesome. How does it interact with Blockland?

[$trinick]

Awesome. How does it interact with Blockland?

Well that one's my little secret :]

Here's a snip of code from another one of my projects, which demonstrates how much more I can do.

http://pastebin.com/2qviBV7S