Scripting: Command From String

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Is there a way to execute a string as script within a script? This would be analogous to 'eval' in mel. A simple example:

CODE
void test()
{
  const char *cmd = "ColorTest = Color(2048, 1556, 4, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0);";
  eval(cmd);
}

I would like to run a system command that returns a bunch of shake script as a string that I can then run...any ideas? Sorry if this is a noob question.