Have you ever needed a simple, thread-safe scripting language for your application—one that looks like Python but is safe and easy to embed? I’d suggest Starlark.
If you’re looking for a broader overview of the language, check out my previous post: An Overview of Starlark. Here, I’ll explain how...
Continue reading...Back in September 2012, I was a junior engineer at Google, working on Bazel (Google’s build tool, also known internally as Blaze). One day, a mysterious calendar invite landed in my inbox. It was sent by two engineers in the US, and I was invited along with my team lead.
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Continue reading...Starlark is a small programming language, designed as a simple dialect of Python and intended primarily for embedded use in applications. Some people might say it’s a bit like Lua with Python syntax, but I think there are many interesting bits to discuss. The language is now open-source and used in...
Continue reading...This blog post describes the design of Starlark, the language used to specify builds in Bazel. Cross-posted on Bazel blog.
Many years ago, code at Google was built using Makefiles. As other people noticed, Makefiles don't scale well with a large code base. A temporary solut...
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