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There is a scripting language called FBSL ( http://www.fbsl.net/phpbb2/index.php ).

What is interesting about this scripting language is that it:

. Works somewhat in Linux... and have a GCC port project in progress...

. Does COM/OLE

. Has an dll... fbsl.dll

. Does CGI

The things I don't like about it are:

. The syntax is nasty to me.

. The license is bad and if you develop a commercial application from it than you are very much at the mercy of the author.

It may be worthwhile to check this language out, as it is in the same class as KiXtart and AutoIt, and to look at some of the things they have done and how they have done it.

You cannot create a commercial application with FBSL unfortunately...
http://www.scottserver.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2642

The commercial license problem really, really hurts FBSL, which is why I think many people have not heard of it. But some of FBSL's nasty syntax also does not help it either.

The FBSL.DLL may be useful for AHK people for non-commercial/private projects. It also may be a useful alternative to AutoIt's dll, for various situations, since FBSL has various similarities to Kixtart, AutoIt, and AutoHotkey in the way that it is used.

Hello,

FBSL is nice because of its capacities
You can now play with user's functions/subs and even classes!

BTW, the license was established due to the LCC license where FBSL depends on : as FBSL was developped with LCC that is a free C compiler but for personal use only, FBSL has to follow same rule, it can't be used to make commercial appz without paying fees to their authors ( FBSL authors are composed of 3 people ), because FBSL relies on the LCC license.

That's all and FBSL is good for many use, keep on using it

The interesting thing about FBSL use of the LCC compiler and their license, is that many of FBSL's users have requested (begged, plead) for the creators of FBSL to use the Pelles C free compiler ( http://www.smorgasbordet.com/pellesc/ ) which allows for commercial use. From what I've read, the creators of FBSL have fought against this not for technical reasons or because they had to use LCC, but because they simply do not want to allow the commercial use of FBSL.

Users and creators of BCX Basic compiler ( http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bcx/ ) had the same issue with using LCC, but they were able to get a project going to use Pelles C compiler and thus that programming language could be used for both personal and commercial applications.

Despite the license and various syntax, I do think there is some interesting things about FBSL and they have done a lot in the development of their programming language. FBSL is a great project.

BoBoBump
Anyone ever combined FBSL (or its dll) with AHK?