I'd love to see DScript one day ...

[Basile B. via Digitalmars-d]

On Saturday, 11 June 2016 at 17:18:59 UTC, Observer wrote:
> On Saturday, 11 June 2016 at 09:23:55 UTC, Chris wrote:
>> However, with `DScript` I meant a new scripting language that 
>> can draw on the power of D, not necessarily a 
>> re-implementation of JS. Adam[1] and ketmar[2] have already 
>> worked on D based scripting languages. I wonder, if there is 
>> interest in creating a D-based (not `debased`) scripting 
>> language. D has features that are perfect for scripting or DS 
>> languages. Why not try something new? Having a child language 
>> might also help with D development in general, who knows.
>
> I'm confused.  I thought I read in TDPL (don't have it handy 
> here
> to check) that you could just slap a shebang line on a D program
> and you then have a runnable script.  Or something very close to
> that construction.  So don't we already have what want?

this way (she bang rdmd) is for turning a module into something 
like a shell script.

You cannot use it dynamically in an application e.g with binding 
to the application variables and to the applications functions 
(like LUA in game or JS in web browsers).