Re: Is Lua the next big thing?

[Asko Kauppi <askok@...>]

I disagree.  :)

Documenting what the core level feature would do would tell people  
what to expect. They still have the chance of doing their own  
serializators, as now, or maybe doing hybrids which use the  
"furiously fast" version for the applicable parts.

I.e. number passing is a simple case where converting to string  
representation and back only wastes CPU cycles, when done "hidden"  
between two cores.

-asko


Philippe Lhoste kirjoitti 19.3.2007 kello 15:34:

> Roberto Ierusalimschy wrote:
> > > A furiously fast (but still pleasant on the eyes :)  
> > > serialization  function would indeed be handy.  The multicore  
> > > performance seems to  be largely dependent on serialization speed.
> > >
> > > Of course, this only applies if tables are used for passing  
> > > things  over. But -then again- Lua is all about tables, so they  
> > > should be  efficiently and transparently usable in multicore  
> > > applications, too.
> > >
> > > What Say Lua Authors on this?
> > You mean adding table serialization to the core libraries? The  
> > problem
> > is that there is no one-size-fits-all solution. A robust  
> > serialization
> > is not good for visualization, cycle handling slows down the  
> > algorithm,
> > etc.
>
> I agree.
> Plus it probably won't work in all cases (functions with closures,  
> userdata...) so you will get complains that it is broken...
>
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