Re: Ironic comment RE: cooperative multitasking

[John Belmonte <jvb@...>]

Sean Middleditch wrote:
> The fact that enough game companies don't find languages like Lua useful
> says that there is something Lua is missing that it shouldn't be.  All
> that I can really think of tho is a) *real* multi-tasking,

nope

> and b) a more newbie-friendly syntax.

you must be joking?

In my case Lua finds itself only being used for configuration, and only 
in the one-third of the game I coded.  The reason we don't use it in the 
main loop is lack of a gc suitable for real-time apps.  The reason the 
other programmers don't use it is a little stubbornness mixed with lack 
of Japanese documentation :-).  The Lua manual is short but essential 
reading nonetheless!

-John



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