Awesome work!

[yrashk]

Hey,

Just wanted to chime in and say that I really like the objectives of Rhai (rugged, sandboxed, extendable embedded scripting language) and the active release schedule. Special ♥️ goes to the Rhai Book, as it is fairly comprehensive and is very well written.

I am already using it in https://github.com/bpxe/bpxe, though it's rudimentary as the project is in its early stages, but it's coming together as I write this (I am working on further integration right now!).

Will be happy to contribute what I can and drive it towards 1.0!

Yurii.

[yrashk]

By the way, @schungx -- I would be happy to sponsor rhai.rs domain if you're interested.

[yrashk]

Did you turn on the Enforce HTTPS setting? https://docs.github.com/en/github/working-with-github-pages/securing-your-github-pages-site-with-https#enforcing-https-for-your-github-pages-site

[yrashk]

Seems like the HTTPS certificate is valid now.

[schungx]

Done!

[yrashk]

Sweet, I can confirm it works!

By the way, what's the best way to ask questions / discuss matters related to Rhai itself? Should it be Discussions here, Issues, or chat somewhere? I've got some questions I am not able to easily answer.

[schungx]

I find that it is qiucker to do it in Discord... But raising an issue here is the best way to keep track of feature request or bug reports.

[frostu8]

I second this; Rhai is probably going to be my choice of scripting for any games I pursue in the future. Lua is not a very great scripting language at all, so I've been looking for alternatives like this.

[schungx]

Well, LuaJIT is extremely fast and light on the CPU. You can actually implement you entire game in Lua if you want, and move code to C++ only when it is stable enough.

With Rhai, you'll have to be more selective what you put in scripting. You'll need to have most of the core infrastructure provided in Rust itself, only the behavioral controls in script. So there is a difference.

[frostu8]

Well, LuaJIT is extremely fast and light on the CPU. You can actually implement you entire game in Lua if you want, and move code to C++ only when it is stable enough.

With Rhai, you'll have to be more selective what you put in scripting. You'll need to have most of the core infrastructure provided in Rust itself, only the behavioral controls in script. So there is a difference.

My distaste for Lua isn't necessarily with its speed, it's more a problem with its syntax and composure. I go into making projects with a Little Big Planet philosophy, where I think the engine should be super generic, and all the specifics are built on top of a Rust generic foundation, so Rhai is naturally a better pick for me.

[schungx]

Yes, that's what Rhai is designed for - to provide a controls/logic layer over generic Rust functionalities.