Re: Help i'm new

[Thomas Lauer <thomas.lauer@...>]

David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org> wrote:

> 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.

I wasn't taking sides, I was just making an observation.

(Having said that, I still wonder why some people religiously follow
those bizarre TIOBE rankings.)

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