Re: Lua 5.1 (work6) now available (getting philosophical)

[Asko Kauppi <askok@...>]

This Lua tendency of not having deadlines is really refreshing,  
imho..  I have been thinking about this, why they are called "dead"  
lines anyhow?  Is the code DOA.  Often, it is.

Birth would be a much better analogy, and a more positive one for that.

ps. If you had to give an age to Lua (as a person) how much would you  
grant?  10yrs?  boy or girl?  16? ;)
-ak


David Burgess kirjoitti 18.5.2005 kello 18.29:

> All my wishes at arrive at once.
> Many thanks.
>
> On 5/18/05, Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo <lhf@tecgraf.puc-rio.br>  
> wrote:
>
> > Here are the main changes since 5.1w5:
> > - standard distribution in only one library (lualib.a merged into  
> > lua.a)
> > - `loadlib' no longer global (packaged inside `package')
> > - better luaconf.h
> > - debug information includes last line of a function definition
> > - metatables for all types
> > - new "primitive" getn
> > - new `mod' (`%') operator
> > - new math functions
> > - new operation *t (for size of t)
> > - new protocol to open standard libraries
> > - using `require' to implement `-l' in bin/lua
> >
> > There are probably several other small changes that we forget  
> > right now...
> >
> > All the usual caveats of work versions still apply, including the  
> > lack
> > of documentation and the plea for your feedback.
> >
> > This is really the last work version before 5.1 (alpha), for which  
> > no ETA
> > currently exists. :-) For that, we have to work on the documentation.
> >
> > Enjoy.
> > --lhf