Re: Lua 4.0

[Christian Vogler <cvogler@...>]

On Sat, Aug 26, 2000 at 04:10:11PM -0300, Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo wrote:
> All strings in the C API have been changed to const char * in 4.0.
> See 4.0 alpha for a try run.
> 
> I guess the casts you mention are only necessary in C++, but Lua has a C API.
> :-)

Thanks. Actually, they're necessary in 100% portable ANSI C, too.

> "I use Lua because I like the language more than C++."
> -- Paul Bleisch, in rec.games.programmer.
> 
> (I'm sorry, I don't mean to star a flame war.)

Well, I'd use something else than C++, too, if there were a good
cross-platform alternative for high-performance numeric projects.

- Christian