Lua versus C++ for embedded processor

[ciw1973]

I'll be starting a new project using Rabbit modules (the new wonderfully
low cost, feature rich RCM3700) in a couple of weeks time. I'm quite happy
to code in Dynamic C and the new version is supposed to have improved a
good deal, but I do like the idea of using scripting languages where
possible for future maintainability and Lua would probably be about the
only option for a device like the Rabbit. If you port it to Dynamic C,
could you let me know? I'd be very interested.

I took a look at Lua a while ago, and even bought the Lua book to allow me
to get a good feel for the language. It is actually very good, but at the
time I was looking at it as a replacement for Python, but for my
day-to-day, non-embedded work, the lack of additional libraries (compared
to Python) was an issue.

It did strike me as being ideal for embedded work, primarily due to its
size, and deploying a product running software written in an interpreted
language allows quick and easy live remote updating of the software
itself. I've done this on devices based on embedded PC architecture
running Perl, but it always seemed too optimistic a goal on something like
the Rabbit Cores.