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0 pointsfinnw14y ago0 comments

But if they are developers why would they not want to modify their own C code (to add an embeddable JS interpreter?)

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js interpreters are not as friendly as lua for embedding.

Exactly, I've worked with the Lua C API before, it was fairly easy to use. I've looked at the V8 API before. Compared to Lua, it is far more complicated.

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0 pointsfinnw14y ago0 comments

But if they are developers why would they not want to modify their own C code (to add an embeddable JS interpreter?)

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aaronblohowiak14y ago

js interpreters are not as friendly as lua for embedding.

zhemao14y ago

Exactly, I've worked with the Lua C API before, it was fairly easy to use. I've looked at the V8 API before. Compared to Lua, it is far more complicated.

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