Re: Why nobody talks about Lua

[Patrick <spell_gooder_now@...>]

I am learning about Lua right now and I think it is absolutely brilliant 
and unique but also difficult. I feel like I was drawing on an 
etch-a-sketch before when I was programming with the other languages I 
know. Now lua is my pencil, minimalist, powerful and difficult.

Both Lua and PHP add value but I think in many ways they are opposites. 
The PHP list is like a death match between 8th graders, immature and 
abusive. Learning to turn two knobs makes learning to draw easier then 
drawing freehand and this might be why the PHP list is such a rough 
place. This list is very civilized likely due to it being so well 
moderated but perhaps this is also due to the percentage of 
professionals that it is comprised of.

I started a thread a couple months ago "promoting Lua", it was shot to 
pieces. I wanted to give back to the developers who gave this language 
to me. Although I do not personally know them, I am assuming their 
finances are in some way or another tied to the use of Lua.

If the premise that professionals make up a more civilized list then 
amateurs(of which I am one) is their someway to promote Lua to 
professionals? Would it be better to ask "are professionals talking 
about Lua" -Patrick