Re: More on environments and objects

[PA <petite.abeille@...>]

On Aug 27, 2005, at 16:36, Mike Pall wrote:

> Interesting. Looks like many programmers (when new to Lua or
> to its ancestor languages) experience the same learning curve.

I would guess that the same applies to any/most new languages one tries 
to learn, no?

> 8. object equality vs. object identity.

Doesn't the __eq metamethod cater to both?

> 9. OO vs. closures.

Why would that be a 'versus'? OO provides an organizational principle. 
Closures, a nifty encapsulation mechanism.

> 10. complexity vs. simplicity.

Hmmm... yes... well... I still have to see that famed simplicity 
manifest itself in anything more ambitious than diminutive code 
snippets. Where is that full fledged, killer Lua application lurking?

> 5a. implicit super vs. explicit super.

I was kind of hoping that someone would point out a cunning way to have 
it both ways :))

> - Yield from everywhere.

Hurray to that!

Cheers

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