[Freeciv-Dev] Re: scripting (was: Plans for 1.12)

[Dan Sugalski <dan@xxxxxxxxx>]

At 05:48 PM 6/27/00 +0200, Reinier Post wrote:
> > Script-writing is something that's generally more annoying than useful for
> > most people, so I don't think you'll find too many folks doing it.
>
> Don't forget that it could also be used to program default functionality
> bundled with the distribution.
Right, which is what this bit (which was snipped) was for, more or less:

> Our job ought to be making sure the bindings are available and easily 
> usable so those scripts that are written can be easily used. If that's the 
> case I think you'll see reasonably heavy script usage, though not 
> necessarily heavy script writing.
Though if default functionality is done via a scripting language it means 
either requiring one of the languages that've been discussed or 
implementing a simple scripting language as a default. I'm all for a good, 
general-purpose scripting interface--it'd probably be a simple (more or 
less) extension to the generalized AI interface that's been discussed on 
and off.
Heck, we could have regular FreeCivWars pitting different AIs against each 
other like the old CoreWars tournaments.
                                        Dan

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