[Freeciv-Dev] Re: Development Strategies [Was Documentation, Usability and Development]

[Andrew Sutton <ansutton@xxxxxxx>]

On Sunday 02 December 2001 07:22 pm, Gregor Zeitlinger wrote:
> Yes, but I'd like to do some more research on it. I just found BeanShell
> which I mentioned in the previous mail. It's for Java only and doesn't
> have the xml support already, but seems more powerful and is really
> lightweight and has syntax even closer to Java than simkin does.

i took a quick look at the simken stuff. i'm really torn between some issues 
here. it's hard to figure out a balance between runtime scrpting and build 
time modules.

i really dislike the idea of using scripted objects from within the kernel. 
it'll kill performance. however, i would like something that's flexible 
enough to allow a ruleset to completely implement its own information and 
behaviors.

keep looking for stuff, but at the same time, lets get some discussion on the 
balance of buildtime modules and runtime configuration. its going to be very 
important define what the configuration language is capable of.

andy