Re: More on environments and objects

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

On Aug 27, 2005, at 18:56, Adrian Sietsma wrote:

> PA wrote:
> > 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?
>
> why does it need to be a killer app ?

Well.. it doesnt... but at least something full fledged. It would not 
hurt if it was of general interest as well :)

> i have hacked up a specialized http proxy server in lua; it's fast 
> enough for the purpose, and it's infinitely faster to modify than the 
> equivalent c/c++ program. it's not a killer app, and will probably be 
> re-implemented as part of a web server, but it was (relatively) quick 
> to develop, it's multiplexed and error-trapped using coroutines.... 
> and when a server dishes up something it can't understand, i can patch 
> it there and then.

Excellent! Is it available publically? Got an URL? Looking forward to 
see it :)

Cheers

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