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More scripting languages? - DeprecatedLuke - 12-24-2015
Will there be more than one scripting language? Not really a fan of LUA, will we be available to use c++ to code plugins?
RE: More scripting languages? - bearbin - 12-24-2015
Try a search for previous discussion. The short answer is no, unless you are willing to dedicate time to develop it and then maintain it for the foreseeable future.
RE: More scripting languages? - LogicParrot - 12-24-2015
You could simply edit the source code as an alternative to C++ plugins. But that would be much harder than learning and using Lua.
RE: More scripting languages? - worktycho - 12-24-2015
Also, building dynamically loadable c++ systems for a multiplatform system with binary distribution is basically infeasible. The ABI is to unstable. The only way to do it reliability would be to use C as a binding layer. So unless you want to build a system that translates tolua++ binding instructions to C interop stubs, and build a copy of the manual bindings we are not likely to get c++ plugins. If its performance you want the best strategy is to get the hot loops integrated into the server core, and help with luajit integration.
RE: More scripting languages? - sphinxc0re - 12-24-2015
LuaJIT would be a huge improvement when it comes to performance. The server would then need a lot more RAM for plugins but I think it would be ok
RE: More scripting languages? - LogicParrot - 12-24-2015
(12-24-2015, 09:19 AM)SphinxC0re Wrote: LuaJIT would be a huge improvement when it comes to performance. The server would then need a lot more RAM for plugins but I think it would be ok
We aren't suffering performance issues due to Lua's speed. And I remember Xoft's challenge.
RE: More scripting languages? - NiLSPACE - 12-24-2015
We already tried LuaJIT thanks to DiamondToaster, but the performance improvements weren't what we (or at least I) was hoping for: https://forum.cuberite.org/showthread.php?tid=1834&pid=19494#pid19494