Sujet : Re: on Perl
De : commodorejohn (at) *nospam* gmail.com (John Ames)
Groupes : comp.unix.shell comp.unix.programmer comp.lang.miscDate : 16. Apr 2024, 16:49:23
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On Tue, 16 Apr 2024 15:43:33 -0000 (UTC)
Muttley@dastardlyhq.com wrote:
So moving from one language hardly anyone uses to another that
hardly
anyone
uses. You can't deny the consistency.
>
We use lua rather extensively in multiple products.
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You seem to do nothing but criticize others.
I've worked in a number of different areas and I've never come
across anyone who mentioned Lua, never mind a company that used
it. Whatever you do it must be rather niche.
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I use lua to enhance conky - but yes it is a bit niche, I suppose.
Is conky your talking teddy bear?
It's *very* commonly used as a "bolt-on" solution for scripting in a
wide variety of applications, particularly videogame engines. I eagerly
await your explanation of how that doesn't count since it's outside
your own sphere of experience.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_applications_using_Luahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Lua_(programming_language)-scripted_video_games