The Squirrel Programming Language

I appear to be a dying breed. A young ( &lt; 30 years old ) programmer, self taught, who loves classic, &quot;mainstream&quot; languages like C, C++, Java...<p>Why?<p>Types.<p>I cannot stand the road that new languages are on, abandoning the type system, or making it optional, or not explicit. Given that I appear to be a minority, I thank you for reading my rant... Have a good day :(

I did a fork of Squirrel -&gt; SquiLu <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;mingodad&#x2F;squilu" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;mingodad&#x2F;squilu</a> because I found the syntax more familiar and also been made with C++ that make create extensions easier than plain C. Then I started adding more and more C&#x2F;C++ like syntax options with the idea to have a way to develop fast prototypes in a way that could be migrated to C&#x2F;C++ when performance was not good enough, the idea is to be able to parse and accept C&#x2F;C++ syntax but without actually inforce it at scripting level (accept discard&#x2F;warning) and be able to use a real C++ compiler to do the heavy work.<p>Example:<p><pre><code> class Klass &#x2F;&#x2F;struct Klass { int_t i; &#x2F;&#x2F;constructor() Klass() { print(&quot;Klass constructor&quot;, i); } ~Klass() { print(&quot;Klass destructor&quot;); } } Klass k = new Klass(); typedef int_t int; int test10(int x) { dente: if(x &gt; 10) { goto dente; goto done; return true; } done: return false; } print(test10(23)); output: test-class-constructor.nut:22:6 warning labels are only parsed right now test-class-constructor.nut:25:7 warning goto is only parsed right now test-class-constructor.nut:26:7 warning goto is only parsed right now test-class-constructor.nut:29:5 warning labels are only parsed right now Klass constructor (null : 0x(nil)) true</code></pre>

Previously discussed at <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=9368075" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=9368075</a>.

How does this compare to Lua? It seems to be going after a very similar market.

OpenTTD (<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.openttd.org&#x2F;en&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.openttd.org&#x2F;en&#x2F;</a>) is a Transport Tycoon clone that allows you to write an AI player for the game. The AI player is written in Squirrel.

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This language is used in Electric Imp, an &quot;IoT&quot; oriented ARM μController with WiFi, used in Wink products and Lockitron : <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;electricimp.com&#x2F;docs&#x2F;squirrel&#x2F;squirrelcrib&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;electricimp.com&#x2F;docs&#x2F;squirrel&#x2F;squirrelcrib&#x2F;</a>

I think Ron Gilbert uses Squirrel in his upcoming game Thimbleweed Park.

How does this compare to Lua which seems to be the go to scripting ish language in games like world of Warcraft

I had to do one project in Squirrel when I was in university and I have to say the experience was terrible.