Can OCaml be used as a scripting language for C++?

Question

I'm interesting in using OCaml as a scripting language for an application written in C++. Similarly to how languages like Lua, Python, or JavaScript can be used.

Is there any library (like there is LuaJIT for Lua, CPython for Python, or V8 for JavaScript) that I can use to run and interace with OCaml?

Answer 1

You can either embed the toplevel (REPL) in your application, or embed the compiler and dynlink the generated code (this is how ocaml_plugin works). The toplevel is provided by the compiler-libs library installed with the compiler.