Re: 14 years of lua-l

[Axel Kittenberger <axkibe@...>]

unfortunate threads?

On Sun, Feb 20, 2011 at 12:34 PM, Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo
<lhf@tecgraf.puc-rio.br> wrote:
> The Lua mailing list was created fourteen years ago, on Feb 20th, 1997.
> Since then, over 75000 messages have been posted! The traffic in
> lua-l has increased markedly in the last year, as can be seen in
> http://www.lua.org/lua-l-stats.html
>
> Despite some unfortunate threads recently, the signal-to-noise ratio
> remains quite high, mainly because of those who generously share their
> expertise with the whole Lua community.
>
> I trust we can keep lua-l friendly and welcoming, and full of good advice.
> On behalf of the Lua team, I thank you all for joining and helping others.
> I close by repeating what we said in the HOPL paper:
>
>   We have been fortunate that the Lua list is very friendly and at the
>   same time very technical. The list has become the focal point of the
>   Lua community and it has been a source of motivation for improving Lua.
>
> --lhf
>
>