Re: OT complied language most like Lua?

[steve donovan <steve.j.donovan@...>]

On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 3:13 PM, Alex Queiroz <asandroq@gmail.com> wrote:
>> So if you're seeking a gain in performance by compiling lua to C then
>> you should reconsider using a JIT instead.
>     Unfortunately GCC has a vastly superior number of targets
> implemented than LuaJIT, which gives us x86 and soon x86-64.

Yes, in particular an issue for the ARMs that seem to power the lives
of all smart people these days.

But a statically-typed version of Lua would be a different language altogether.

Much better to benchmark, measure and partition the app intelligently
as a mixture of Lua and C.