Re: Lua is about to become history

[Reuben Thomas <rrt@...>]

"[Lua] now supports extensible semantics, anonymous functions, full 
lexical closures, proper tail recursion, and coroutines".

Curiously, this list of features is what many languages are proud of 
adding as they evolve. It sounds like "Lua started off as a quick hack 
with interesting features a, b, and c but has now added all the usual 
features of Lisp." You could phrase it alternatively: "Lua now has all 
the features expected from a modern dynamic language, as well as 
refining its own distinctive features".

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