> This particular aspect is the only feature that the authors' libriscv usage and the Lua VM have in common - but that doesn't make it scripting. Maybe I'm nit

> This particular aspect is the only feature that the authors' libriscv usage and the Lua VM have in common - but that doesn't make it scripting. Maybe I'm nitpicking, but to me scripting is just programming/extending a certain fixed piece of software to execute instructions not already programmed into it without having to modify that software itself. Usually using an API. Not unlike computer programming, which aims to make a piece of hardware execute some instructions without needing to alter the said hardware. The main difference is conceptual (the platform targeted: hardware or software). If the script happens to be run by a VM emulating a real processor because your software includes such a thing, I think the distinction becomes purely conceptual. Now, the technology is obviously super cool, but what I don't quite understand yet is what is the best use case for this? Is it really game scripting? Or compiling C++ on the fly? It's not exactly a simple drop in replacement for a Lua interpreter.