Hi Tom
I can only recommend what Patrick is suggesting here below.
I've been playing with Lua for a few weeks now and it is really nice I find.
When can I try your system?
Thor
On 31 Dec 2011, at 13:52, Patrick Borgeat wrote:
> Hey Tom,
>
> Am 31.12.2011 um 14:36 schrieb Tom Betts:
>
>> Anybody had any dealisng with this sort of approach?
>
> Lua is very easy to integrate in any C Application. There are several ways how Lua can interact with your program but it's very easy to …
>
> 1. Write a function that calls some C functions and receives data from a Lua function call
> 2. Register the function as a Lua function
> 3. Just execute some Lua code that calls the function (thereby calling your C function and so one)
>
> I turned my very inflexible OpenFrameworks Visuals System into a live coding environment very easily.
>
> Google will provide you with some basic tutorials on that. Programming in Lua is a very good ressource for learning Lua.
>
> http://www.lua.org/pil/
>
>
> If you need speed then LuaJIT might be a good choice:
> http://luajit.org/
>
> It also includes the FFI library which looks very interesting to integrate your C function calls – haven't tested it yet!
> http://luajit.org/ext_ffi.html
>
>
> It also would be possible to deactivate certain Lua functionality if you don't want it in your system.
>
>
> cheers,
> Patrick
Received on Sat Dec 31 2011 - 14:32:06 GMT