Re: LUA Vs Javascript

["Eric Tetz" <erictetz@...>]

Stephen Kellette wrote:
> Much as I like Lua, the purist/stripped down nature of it means that I think
> it will be forever a specialist niche language

That's the *point* of Lua.

It's designed to be an extension language, and one of it's stated goal
is to "be small, and have a small implementation.  Otherwise, the cost
of adding the library to an application may be too high".  Ruby,
Python, Perl, Javascript, etc. don't have that constraint.

So, yes, Lua is 'stripped down' and most strongly suits a 'specialist
niche' where a small implementation is of great value, but it requires
you to give up so few luxuries that people sometimes forget that. :)

Cheers,
Eric