Scripting languages are used in conjuction with C code in two ways: as extension languages, where the interpreter is embedded as a library into an application; or as extensible languages, where the interpreter loads C code as add-on modules. These two scenarios share many similarities, as in both of them two-way communication of code and data needs to take place. However, the differences betwee...

This paper addresses the design decisions present in the field of virtual conversational character scripting languages. These languages combine narrative and physical actions (of the face, body, voice etc.) to “direct” the performance of a virtual conversational character. VHML is one such language and will be used to give a real-world example context to a discussion of design decisions underly...

The ESP Game tends to generate “low effort” or “surface semantics” tags. This paper presents two variations of the ESP Games called “squaring” and “scripting” that trim the ESP Game to collect “deep semantics” tags. The approaches do not require players to get used to, and for the GWAP operators to deploy, new games. First experiments point to the efficiency of squaring and scripting the ESP Ga...

Our experiences interfacing Python with optimization software are presented. The same work was done using extension programming and scripting. Due to the nature of the C libraries we were using, we found problems related to memory corruption and C namespace collisions when we used the libraries as Python extensions. For our application and the software we are interfacing to, we found that using...

JTLV is a computer-aided verification scripting environment offering state-of-the-art Integrated Developer Environment for algorithmic verification applications. JTLV may be viewed as a new, and much enhanced TLV [18], with Java (rather than TLV-basic) as the scripting language. JTLV attaches its internal parsers as an Eclipse editor, and facilitates a rich, common, and abstract verification de...

Picat is a logic-based multi-paradigm dynamic language that integrates logic programming, functional programming, constraint programming, and scripting. The Picat language is underpinned by the core logic programming concepts, including logic variables, unification, and nondeterminism. Picat takes many constructs from other languages, among which functions, list and array comprehensions, loops,...

Tea is a high level scripting language for the Java environment. It has builtin support for all major programming paradigms, namely procedural, object oriented and functional. Its major strengths reside in its consistency, simplicity, easy extensibility and easy integration into any Java environment. These advantages are in addition to the intrinsic advantages of being a scripting language, the...

We describe our use of scripting languages with a large-scale molecular dynamics code. We will show how one can build an interactive, highly modular, and easily extensible system without sacrificing performance, building a huge monolithic package, or complicating code development. We will also describe our use of the Python language and the SWIG automated interface generation tool that we have ...

Application-level scripting is a powerful method for structuring software. This paper introduces TkDVI, a TEX DVI previewer based on the Tcl/Tk scripting language and graphics toolkit. After a brief introduction to Tcl/Tk, we present the design and major components of the previewer, pointing out the specific advantages gained by using Tcl/Tk. A number of extensions and future projects is also d...

Business rules are closely associated with events. This paper describes how events in use cases can be the basis for identifying classes and business rules. A process known as Event Scripting is used to document event and from it objects and their relationships are identified. Business rules identified with the events are attached to objects as part of their definitions in class specifications....