Re: [glob2-devel] Goals for the next release

[Martin Voelkle]

On 3/29/07, Stéphane Magnenat <address@hidden> wrote:
> > Neither Guile or Squirrel are really full blown languages. Both of
> > them have the capability to limit the end user functionality. Squirrel
> > especially just doesn't provide the users with hax0r like
> > functionality to begin with Tightly controlling a script in Guile is
> > simple, I've seen the code, and cutting off a script from all file and
> > network interaction, all interprocess communication, and any other
> > tool is as simple as not loading those modules. I want a scripting
> > language mainly for those high level constructs that make it turing
> > complete.
>
> I'm strongly against using a lisp-based language for scripting, it amuses
> geeks but is a nightmare for the rest of the world. Squirrel would be ok.

The advantage of lisp-based runtimes is that they are usually
checkpointable (you can save the state of execution and resume it
later, even on a different machine, which is a must-have for game
scripting). This is due to Lisp's semantics (code is data, no control
flow), not its syntax (fortunately). Squirrel doesn't have that.

Martin