RE: LuaBinaries and the RTL DLL for 5.2

["Antonio Scuri" <scuri@...>]

> MSVC runtime usage for other Windows scripting solutions...
> 
>   Python 2.6 uses msvcr90.dll
>   Strawberry Perl 5.10 uses msvcrt.dll
>   Lua 5.1 (for windows) uses msvc80.dll
> 
> If perl can use msvcrt.dll why shouldn't Lua?

  Well If Python uses msvcr90.dll why shouldn't Lua? :)

  BTW I guess that Python has a much more interesting distribution package
than Perl.

 
> One argument that Lua, as an extension language, should be directly
> linkable to existing software.

  But what existing software use as RTL? This is not easily answered.


> Another argument that Lua, as a standalone system, should use simplest
> runtime environment with least dependencies.

  Agree, don't get me wrong I would love to use MSVCRT.DLL but I still think
that there are more cons than pros.
 
> Andrew
> 
> 2010/1/15 Luís Eduardo Jason Santos <jasonsantos@gmail.com>:
> > Antonio Scuri escreveu:
> >>
> >>  As always the problem is not the compiler. MingW still uses the
> >> MSVCRT.DLL.
> >>
> > In fact, MinGW lets you choose your C runtime at compilation time. (I
> don't
> > know exactly since when).
> > ..  -lmsvcr90
> >
> > --
> > Luís Eduardo Jason Santos
> >