Re: lua on Plan 9

[Robert Hibberdine <bob.hibberdine@...>]

Robert Raschke wrote:

> Robert Hibberdine wrote:
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> > Robert Hibberdine wrote:
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> > > Hi,
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> > > About a year or so ago there was some talk on this list of porting Lua 
> > > v5 to Plan 9. Does anybody know if anything happened?
> > >
> > > (I can't get to the Plan 9 server at Bell labs at the moment to see if 
> > > there's anything there..)
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> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > Bob
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> > Just for completeness I am replying to my own question!
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> > Lua 5.0.2 was ported to Plan9 last year. It is in the contrib section at 
> > the Plan9 site..
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> > Bob
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> The last time I used Lua on Plan 9 I just compiled it up in the posix
> environment (APE, pcc(1) ) and it all just worked. That was 5.0.2.
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> I would love to see some special Plan 9 libraries though, to have
> access to the acme(4) interface and the fabulously sane thread(2)
> system.  Something for the long winter months I think.
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> Robby
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Yes. When I asked the question I was hoping for a "native" Plan9 Lua. 
Building file servers in Lua seems like a good idea to me...
Bob