Re: and Lua marches on

[Brett Nash <nash@...>]

On Tue, 15 Dec 2009 12:12:10 +0300
Nikolai Kondrashov <Nikolai.Kondrashov@oktetlabs.ru> wrote:

> Eike Decker wrote:
> > Funny, a fellow worker told me about this link and since he knew
> > that I like Lua, he also emphasized "!!!111***PHP-like***1!!
> > Lua" (more emphasizing by me) and asked if I wouldn't feel insulted
> > about that. And yes, it's inappropriate to refer to PHP in this
> > context. Actually, this reference makes me ignoring that project in
> > total.
> The "PHP-like" phrase probably comes from the linuxfordevices.com
> authors, who decided to link this news item with an older one, which
> mentions Lua. This linking attempt produced the confusion:
> 

As one of the FancyPants authors, I can assure you we never ever
compared Lua to PHP.  Nor is it in the marketing materials for the
product.

It appeared somewhere between fst's press release, and the
linuxfordevices article.

	Regards,
	nash