From 8c8601cfbc4aa5ebb2b334464d09eec0ba96fa3f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bernhard Reutner-Fischer
Although busybox has built-in support for shell scripts, plenty of other small scripting languages are available on the net. A few examples:
-| language | +description | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| microperl | +microperl | A small standalone perl interpreter that can be built from the perl source s via "make -f Makefile.micro". If you really feel the need for perl on an embe dded system, this is where to start. | |
| Lua | +Lua | If you just want a small embedded scripting language to write new code in, this Brazilian import is lightweight, fairly popular, and has a complete book about it online. | |
| rc | +rc | The PLAN9 shell. Not compatible with conventional bourne shell syntax, but fairly lightweight and small. | |
| forth | +forth | A well known language for fast and small programs, decades old but still in use for everything from OpenBIOS to computer controlled engine timing. |
For more information, you probably want to look at -buildroot and -TinyGentoo, which +buildroot and +TinyGentoo, which build and use tiny utilities for all sorts of things.
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