Re: Lua is about to become history

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

On May 04, 2006, at 16:18, Hisham Muhammad wrote:

> > Now, to get really off topic, what shall we do about 'every program
> > evolves until it is powerful enough to read mail'? :-)
>
> Well, once something is already Lua-extensible, it's just a matter of
> 'require'ing a POP3 module, isn't it? ;-)

Talking of which, here is a goofy SMTP server implemented in Lua:

local SMTPServer = require( "SMTPServer" )
local SMTPDelegate = require( "SMTPDelegate" )

local aServer = SMTPServer( 1025 )

aServer:setDelegate( SMTPDelegate )

aServer:start()

The server handles the SMTP particularities and let the delegate drive 
the underlying logic by implementing optional methods (e.g. 
smtpWillAuthenticate, smtpWillAddSender, smtpWillAddRecipient, 
smtpWillAddData, etc).

http://dev.alt.textdrive.com/browser/SMTP

Cheers

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