Re: Features *I* would like to see

["David Burgess" <dburgess@...>]

I am an anti-bloat person. The "blessed and standardized" library add-ons
is what I seek.

db

On 8/18/07, Wesley Smith <wesley.hoke@gmail.com> wrote:
> If things are modules, then you don't actually have to use them, embed
> them, or load them so the "bloat" argument isn't really valid.
>
> wes
>
> On 8/17/07, Leo M. Cabrera <kixdemp@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Are you talking about the networking/multithreading/etc. thingys
> > mentioned before?
> >
> > If so, then, well... That would defeat the purpose of Lua being small,
> > and it will get bloated like the .NET Framework did. :-/
> >
> > I don't use Lua as a primary language, I have C/C++ for that (yes, I am
> > a masochist), I use it as a scripting language for games and it's
> > meeting my needs so far.
> >
> > Go Lua! :-D
> >
> > Graham Wakefield wrote:
> > > I would like to second David's comments.
> > >
> > > A non-ANSI C but highly portable extension of Lua is desirable for
> > > many reasons and users.  Having it standardized (blessed, distributed
> > > whatever by Lua authors) assists portability and sharing of
> > > documentation, support etc.  While it may perhaps seem 'not
> > > difficult', it is certainly not easy nor brief, and not every Lua/C
> > > programmer can afford to create them directly from scratch.  Pooling
> > > such efforts into the previously suggested standard library extension
> > > seems to be one of the most useful possible next 'features' of Lua.
> > >
> > > On Aug 17, 2007, at 5:21 PM, Sherry Zhang wrote:
> > >
> > >> Hi,
> > >> They are not provided in ANSI C.
> > >> If you want to use these libs, create them yourself directedly from
> > >> scratch.
> > >> It is not difficult.
> > >>
> > >> Sherry Zhang
> > >>
> > >> On 8/18/07, David Burgess <dburgess@gmail.com
> > >> <mailto:dburgess@gmail.com>> wrote:
> > >>> I think Lua is good language wise. The libs need some work.
> > >>>
> > >>> Networking, Multitasking Libraries and Luiz's standard library proposal
> > >>> would cover it for me.
> > >>>
> > >>> DB
> > >>>
> > >
> > > grrr waaa
> > > www.grahamwakefield.net
> > >
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