Scripting language for C/C++?

Question

Is there a scripting language for C++ (like perl) which can be used for rapid development and use some tool which can convert into C/C++ program to get higher performance f

Answer 1

I'm not sure I understand your question but if your looking to implement your own scripting language which could interface with your c++ code you can take a look at boost::spirit. You just have to tell it your grammar and you have your scripting language doing whatever you tell it to in c++. You specify your grammar using c++ operators making it very easy and intuitive.

That's what I currently used for my recent needs and it looks like it will do the job just fine. You have full access to your c++ objects when specifying your grammar and your user can have a very simple language to learn (compared to CINT where the language would be c++ itself).

Compile time are a little slow right now but if you don't need to implement a very complex language it should be manageable (I wouldn't like to see the compile time for something like c++). Also documentation is a little lacking for the newest version (and the most up-to-date version is a little hard to find) but it's relatively easy to use so it might be worth a check, depending on your needs.