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- Subject: Re: Lua on Windows: lua51.dll versus lua5.1.dll
- From: "Andrew Wilson" <agrwagrw@...>
- Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2008 07:43:07 -0700
Since Lua versions are independent so for Lua 5.2, only have lua52.dll
, fixed, done. AGRW
On Sat, Jun 7, 2008 at 7:27 AM, Shmuel Zeigerman <shmuz@bezeqint.net> wrote:
> Thomas Lauer wrote:
>>
>> I am amazed that this issue hasn't been resolved (and RIPped) long ago.
>
> But who's duty is to resolve the issue?
>
> It's clearly not an issue of Lua as a language. It's just a consequence of
> (a very popular) LuaBinaries once releasing lua5.1.dll that became a de
> facto binary standard, then authors of many third-party Lua libraries were
> releasing binary packages compatible with LuaBinaries.
>
> Note: I'm not blaming LuaBinaries; that was just one unfortunate decision
> that is difficult to be undone.
>
> --
> Shmuel
>
