Re: Best and Worst of Lua

[Haroon Khalid <haroon@...>]

Are you near MD? we should do lunch, I really want to make some tight games with Lua and I Guess SDL...

Asko Kauppi <askok@dnainternet.net> wrote:
>  
> Refreshingly light message for a while!!!  :)
>
> 1. Lua is best for embedded cases where string handling etc. in C  
> would _really_ suck.
> Lua is best for quick days when things need to be done to work (with  
> as few lines as possible)
>
> 2. Lua is bad (if ever) for military/space/medical programs, where  
> you'd actually want to wear a straightjacket.  Use a strongly typed  
> language (C# gets my favor) instead.
>
> -asko
>
>
> ps. Lua is written as Lua.  LUA is a Microsoft term (among others) 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lua   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ 
> Least_user_access
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> Haroon Khalid kirjoitti 13.7.2007 kello 22:33:
>
> > Hello
>  everyone, how are you? I wanted to know what people think of  
> > Lua.
> >
> > 1. What situations are LUA best for?
> > 2. What situations are LUA bad for?
> >
> > example: games, web dev and so on...
> >
> > Thanks, and its Friday! Time to hit up Fudruckers!
> >
> >
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