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- Subject: Re: Help i'm new
- From: David Kastrup <dak@...>
- Date: Wed, 07 May 2008 11:27:33 +0200
Thomas Lauer <thomas.lauer@virgin.net> writes:
> Either one is elitist, which as a policy decision is fair enough, or
> one tries to have a broad appeal. Having it both ways is difficult.
Lua does not have a broad appeal. It appeals to programmers. The
question is whether it is also targeted as a first programming language.
If yes, then installation needs to be reasonably easy to do without
already being in the "programmer mindframe". If no, then, well, shrug.
--
David Kastrup