Squirrel (programming language)

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Squirrel
Paradigm Multi-paradigm: scripting, imperative, functional, object-oriented
Designed by Alberto Demichelis
First appearedSeptember 6, 2003;21 years ago (2003-09-06)
Stable release
3.2 [1]   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg / 10 February 2022;3 years ago (10 February 2022)
Typing discipline Dynamic
OS Cross-platform
License MIT license
Filename extensions .nut
Website squirrel-lang.org OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Influenced by
C++, JavaScript, Lua, Python
Influenced
MiniD

Squirrel is a high level imperative, object-oriented programming language, designed to be a lightweight scripting language that fits in the size, memory bandwidth, and real-time requirements of applications like video games.

Contents

MirthKit, a simple toolkit for making and distributing open source, cross-platform 2D games, uses Squirrel for its platform. [2] It is used extensively by Code::Blocks for scripting and was also used in Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King . [3] [4] It is also used in Left 4 Dead 2 , Portal 2 and Thimbleweed Park for scripted events and in NewDark, an unofficial Thief 2: The Metal Age engine update, to facilitate additional, simplified means of scripting mission events, aside of the regular C scripting. [5]

Language features

Syntax

Squirrel uses a C-like syntax, albeit inspired by that of Lua as well.

Factorial in Squirrel
localfunctionfactorial(x)// Getting function which is factorial, then getting value which is x{if(x<=1){// if x is less than 1return1;// then the code will just return 1}else{// if that doesn't workreturnx*factorial(x-1);// then the code will return x times factorial(x-1)}}
Generators
functionnot_a_random_number_generator(max){locallast=42;localIM=139968;localIA=3877;localIC=29573;for(;;){// loops foreveryield(max*(last=(last*IA+IC)%IM)/IM);}}localrandtor=not_a_random_number_generator(100);for(locali=0;i<10;i+=1)print(">"+resumerandtor+"\n");
Classes and inheritance
classBaseVector{constructor(...){if(vargv.len()>=3){x=vargv[0];y=vargv[1];z=vargv[2];}}x=0;y=0;z=0;}classVector3extendsBaseVector{function_add(other){if(otherinstanceof::Vector3)return::Vector3(x+other.x,y+other.y,z+other.z);elsethrow"wrong parameter";}functionPrint(){::print(x+","+y+","+z+"\n");}}localv0=Vector3(1,2,3)localv1=Vector3(11,12,13)localv2=v0+v1;v2.Print();

Applications

Applications using Squirrel

Games using Squirrel

History

The language was made public in 2003 under the zlib/libpng license. [23] In November 2010, the license was changed to the MIT license to enable the project to be hosted on Google Code. [24] [25] It is developed and maintained by Alberto Demichelis.

See also

References

  1. "squirrel/HISTORY at master - albertodemichelis/squirrel - GitHub".
  2. MirthKit Developer Wiki Archived 2014-02-11 at the Wayback Machine
  3. 1 2 Brandon Boyer (21 February 2008). "Gamasutra - GDC 2008 Event Coverage". gamasutra.com. Gamasutra.
  4. "Exclusive: Behind The Scenes of Final Fantasy's WiiWare Debut". gamasutra.com. Gamasutra. 23 June 2008. Retrieved 22 September 2011.
  5. "L4D2 Vscripts - Valve Developer Community". developer.valvesoftware.com. Retrieved 2018-07-06.
  6. "Electric Imp programming guide". electricimp.com.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "VScript". valvesoftware.com. 2014-08-20. Retrieved 2015-01-17.
  8. "th155-decomp". GitHub . Retrieved 2020-10-19.
  9. "WHAT in the hell, is consumable nut? Please help this is an error code I got, have any of you got this before?". reddit.com. 2019-03-24. Retrieved 2021-09-04.
  10. Gothic 2 Online
  11. "iv-multiplayer.com". www.iv-multiplayer.com. Archived from the original on 2012-06-07. Retrieved 2018-07-06.
  12. "Liberty Unleashed" . Retrieved 2019-12-04.
  13. "m2-multiplayer.com". www.m2-multiplayer.com. Archived from the original on 2013-01-02. Retrieved 2018-07-06.
  14. "undernightinbirth". GitHub . Retrieved 2024-08-18.
  15. "AI:Main Page - OpenTTD". wiki.openttd.org. Retrieved 2018-07-06.
  16. "Simutrans-Squirrel-API: Main Page". dwachs.github.io. Retrieved 2018-07-06.
  17. "The VG Resource Wiki". wiki.vg-resource.com. Retrieved 2021-09-04.
  18. "Thimbleweed Park Blog- Engine". blog.thimbleweedpark.com. Retrieved 2018-07-06.
  19. "NewDark 1.25: Squirrel script?". ttlg.com. 2017-03-20. Retrieved 2019-12-25.
  20. Vice City Multiplayer
  21. "Welcome To VC-MP website!". Archived from the original on 2006-04-05. Retrieved 2014-05-04.
  22. "undernightinbirth". GitHub . Retrieved 2024-08-18.
  23. "The Squirrel programming language". SourceForge. Retrieved 2018-07-06.
  24. "Moving to code.google.com and MIT License - The Language - Squirrel - The Programming Language". forum.squirrel-lang.org. Retrieved 2018-07-06.
  25. "Google Code Archive - Long-term storage for Google Code Project Hosting". code.google.com. Retrieved 2018-07-06.