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I like programming language design/implementation and I'd like to contribute to one of the less mature ones. I'm looking for a scripting language that is:

  • Embeddable
  • Dynamically, strongly typed
  • Small & Lightweight (more elaborated later)
  • Implemented in C++

With lightweight I mean something like Lua, very small standard library that can be easily extended.

And some (random) design principles that I like:

  • The language should have a few very powerful built-in types, like python (int, float, list/array, map/dictionary, set and tuple).
  • A function is an object, like in Lua (this makes lambda functions trivial)
  • Arguments are passed as tuples that automatically get extracted.

And last and probably also least, I like C-style syntax.

If you think about yelling "subjective", "there is no best language" and "not a question", you misread a question. I'm merely asking for a list of scripting languages that match the description above.

skaffman
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  • javascript v8 I think is implemented in c++ – pastjean Jun 20 '11 at 23:21
  • @pastjean: __"one of the less mature ones"__ I don't count Javascript as a "less mature" language. – orlp Jun 20 '11 at 23:23
  • ohh, as I read i forgot the beginning. IO is a great language. http://www.iolanguage.com/ https://github.com/stevedekorte/io I don't know if it fits your needs (as of maturity, and implemented in C) – pastjean Jun 21 '11 at 13:15

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Cython

Shedskin

Psyco

These are all scripting languages that are either variants or restricted subsets of the original; python language, that compile to C, C++, or machine code. I believe these should satisfy your req. spec.

Shedskin and psyco also currently have calls for contributions on their main page.

HTH

Jared Farrish
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    You couldn't be more wrong (no offense). Python is not small & lightweight, and it __is__ dynamically and strongly typed (read up on dynamic and strongly typed). And when I want to contribute to a scripting language I don't want to write a compiler. And last and very certainly not least, Python is mature. – orlp Jun 20 '11 at 23:28
  • My bad, confused with statically typed; removed incorrect statement – bguiz Jun 20 '11 at 23:33