On 18-12-2010 12:27, Philipp Gesang wrote:
On 2010-12-17<16:20:31>, Jonas Stein wrote:
i'd like to make a small presentation for friends about context. Why do we use lua and not python or perl or... Where can i find the features for lua for this job?
After all those arguments in favor of Lua the only thing I can add are valid reasons against using python for embedding: http://twistedmatrix.com/users/glyph/rant/extendit.html and concerning perl ;) http://lua-users.org/lists/lua-l/2010-02/msg00934.html
Ah .. the extending vs the embedding debate ... well, an argument could have been that we don't want to extend python -) I've only used Pascal, Modula2, Perl (after all that compiling and linking I loved the scripting aspect but the language ... well ...), Ruby (brought me back happy Modula memories but it got so huge and had incompatible updates but is still my second choice), but I feel quite happy with Lua now. Anyhow, I don't like languages that need religious arguments to become popular. Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | voip: 087 875 68 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------