Re: os.setenv()???

[Lisa Parratt <lisa@...>]

On 8 Jan 2006, at 23:27, David Given wrote:
> Also remember that any additional layers of abstraction mean extra  
> code, and
> Lua is primarily an *embedded* language. Most Lua programs aren't  
> intended to
> be portable because the author knows exactly the platform that it's  
> going to
> run on.

In those instances, the programmer can do exactly what they'd do if  
their platform didn't support floating point maths - leave a library  
out because it's not useful. That's no argument for it not to be  
there in the first place, though.

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Lisa