Show HN: Pico – a small embeddable scripting VM in C

Category: library

Tags: c, vm, scripting-language

Score: 6.5/10 (Innovation: 5, Technical: 8, Documentation: 7, Utility: 6)

Pico is a compact embeddable scripting language and virtual machine written in C, featuring a register-based bytecode VM, REPL, and support for closures, classes, modules, and manual/automatic GC. It is interesting for its small footprint and clean embedding API, making it a viable option for adding scripting to C projects.

Target audience: backend devs

Repository: https://github.com/the0cp/pico · C · GPL-3.0 · 6 stars

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