Looking for a Lua alternative

[Martyn]

On Thursday, 14 December 2023 at 08:57:47 UTC, Dom DiSc wrote:
> On Thursday, 14 December 2023 at 08:38:02 UTC, solidstate1991 
> wrote:
>> I need a lightweight scripting language with integer support 
>> that is either easy to interface with D,
>> or at least would be easy to port within a few weeks.
>
> If you are already using D, why do you need a scripting 
> language at all? I use D mainly as a scripting languag itself, 
> and is wonderful at this job.

I agree.

In the not-too-distant past, I wrote a Game Engine that worked 
with a scripting language. I decided to use GNU Guile because:-
a) I like Scheme
b) I really liked GNU Guile's documentation. It flowed well when 
writing.

Sadly, support for my game was stuck in GNU/Linux land. Trying to 
get GNU Guile to work (atleast at that time) was a pain on 
Windows. It was a shame.

In the end, my frontend was the same language as my backend code. 
My engine would 'plugin' game logic using hot reloading. This 
means I can change the code and reload while keeping my game 
running, generally speaking.

It actually worked extremely well. It removed unwanted libraries 
needed for a scripting language + kept performance high.

So if D is your choice of language.. It can also be a good choice 
for frontend as well.

That is my best suggestion as an alternative. However, if you do 
continue to find a scripting language that replaces Lua...I would 
be interested in hearing your choice.