Xah Second Life side_20170504 autosize20160323 By Xah Lee. Date: 2007-03 , 2009-03 This page documents some of the problems of the Linden Scripting Language (LSL). The LSL is a language with a syntax similar to that of C. The LSL is supposed to be a high-level scripting language (think of JavaScript ), in the sense that it supports arithmetic with mathematical vector and quaternion, and is a interactive, event based language that deals with simulations inside a physics engine, to control 3D humanoid characters, movements, building things (architectures, structures, terrains, mechanics …), controlling weather (or the appearance of it)… inside a virtual world computer simulation, and its users are predominantly “game” players who are not professional programers. However, the language actually lacks many of the qualities of high-level languages. Instead, the programe...