ofscript

OfScript is a lightweight, embeddable scripting language designed to be integrated into host applications for scripting, configuration, and automation. Its goal is to provide a small runtime, straightforward syntax, and strong interoperability with host languages, while remaining easy to learn for new users.

Its design combines dynamic scripting with optional static typing, enabling rapid prototyping with the choice of type annotations for larger projects. The language supports first-class functions, closures, and a modular system for distributing code. It uses garbage collection and offers a conventional object model with classes and inheritance.

Execution and interop: OfScript implementations typically provide both an interpreter and a bytecode-compiled variant, optimized for fast startup and short-running scripts. It includes a foreign function interface (FFI) to allow calling into host APIs written in languages such as C or C++, and hosts can expose their APIs to OfScript through bindings. The standard library covers I/O, string processing, collections, and basic networking; many embedders add engine-specific libraries.

Syntax: The language uses a C-like syntax with blocks delimited by braces and optional type annotations. Example: func greet(name) { print('Hello, ' + name) } let msg = greet('World')

Adoption: OfScript has seen interest primarily in game development, tool automation, and configuration tasks, where embeddability and light footprint are valuable. Multiple independent implementations exist, yielding varied performance characteristics and ecosystem maturity. See also scripting languages and embeddable languages.