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<meta name="description" content="The PLIB Scripting Language (PSL) Library is a lightweight scripting language that is well suited for games or other interactive programs.">
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<title>The PLIB Scripting Language.</title>
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<h1>PSL: PLIB's Scripting Language.</h1></center>
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<center>By Steve Baker</center>
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<H1>Introduction</H1>
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Whilst applications can use any suitable scripting
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language (Python, PERL, Lua, etc) in conjunction with PLIB, there are
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attractions to using PLIB's own scripting language: PSL.
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<p>
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In particular, in using PSL, you do not add any dependancies on
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your application. If the end user has the correct version of PLIB
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installed - then the scripting language is already there - for sure.
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<p>
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PSL is a very light-weight C-like language with some features borrowed
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from C++. It's also 'stackless' and very friendly to games applications.
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There are two PSL documents:
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<li><a href="appl_guide.html">The PSL-enabled Applications Guide.</a>
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-- If you are planning on including a PSL interpreter into your program,
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(making it 'PSL-enabled') then you should read the Applications Guide.
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<li><a href="prog_guide.html">The PSL Programmers Guide.</a>
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-- If you are writing scripts for a PSL-enabled application, then you'll
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only need to read the Programmer's Guide.
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<li><a href="impl_guide.html">The PSL Implementation Guide.</a>
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-- Explains some of PSL's internals, especially, the byte-code
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virtual machine.
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<p>
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Each application can extend PSL by providing additional built-in
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functions - so if you are a PSL programer then you'll probably need to
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read the documentation for whatever PSL-enabled application
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you are writing for. If you are writing a PSL-enabled application, then
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you'd better sit down and WRITE that document!
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<address>
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<a href="http://www.sjbaker.org">Steve J. Baker.</a> <<a href="mailto:sjbaker1@airmail.net">sjbaker1@airmail.net</a>></address>
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