c#内嵌脚本语言,脚本语言嵌入到C＃/。NET应用程序？

[The only similar question I can find was answered long ago and contains a reference to mostly IronPython. I want to consider other options as well]

We have a complex data analysis application written in C#. The application should provide users with a sophisticated means of customizing their data analysis tasks. Currently, we use a mixture of configuration files and Excel tables to specify this, but it gets unwieldy, so we're looking for a scripting language to embed.

What's the best simple scripting language for C#/.NET embedding? Is it possible to somehow embed VBA similarly to Excel/Word? Or is perhaps JavaScript/Lua are used?

Needless to say, it should be easy to expose some API and objects from the main application into the embedded scripts.

解决方案

I know the other question references IronPython, but I still feel like it should be here because I think it's one of the best options.

Another great option would be IronRuby. The main difference I see would be if your developers/users had any experience with either Python or Ruby that could be transferable.

Really, in the end your best option is going to be a language that is most easily adapted to by the users. Unless they accept it and are able to be more productive than they were with the old method it isn't worth the effort.