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What is Rhai
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Rhai is an embedded scripting language and evaluation engine for Rust that gives a safe and easy way to add scripting to any application.
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Etymology of the name "Rhai"
As per Rhai's author Johnathan Turner
In the beginning there was ChaiScript, which is an embedded scripting language for C++. Originally it was intended to be a scripting language similar to JavaScript.
With java being a kind of hot beverage, the new language was named after another hot beverage - Chai, which is the word for "tea" in many world languages and, in particular, a popular kind of milk tea consumed in India.
Later, when the novel implementation technique behind ChaiScript was ported from C++ to Rust,
logically the C was changed to an R to make it "RhaiScript", or just "Rhai".
On the origin of the temporary Rhai logo
One of Rhai's maintainers, Stephen Chung, was thinking about a logo when he accidentally came across a copy of Catcher in the Rye in a restaurant. The rest was history.
It is temporary until it becomes official, that is...