Requesting something does not automatically make it a valid request. There are lines defined by conventional wisdom of what requests should be made and what shouldn't. Generally speaking, the history of requests defines that convention. Looking at the history of requests on this subject (using Search), it's been ignored or outright denied each time, which makes this seem more or less futile.

If someone were to come here and ask for mIRC to make them coffee, it would not be accepted as a valid request, it would just be noise. Similarly, continually discussing a feature that has failed to be implemented for years without adding any new insight to the discussion is simply that: noise. I would suggest that there are far more productive conversations to be had on these forums, there's no reason to detract attention from them. If you have something new to say on this topic, fine-- but if you're just going to say "I want a standalone script engine it would be cool"-- save it; we've had the "scope" discussion hundreds of times, none of this is new.


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- "Life is a pointer to an integer without a cast"