Re: JavaScript implementation of Lua

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

On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 6:17 AM, Alexander Gladysh <agladysh@gmail.com> wrote:
> So. Is there a JavaScript implementation of Lua compiler and VM that
> I'm not aware of?

There was a thread on precisely this subject:

http://lua-users.org/lists/lua-l/2008-10/msg00029.html

Although the languages are often compared and have similar features,
the devil is in the semantic details - e.g. JavaScript's implicit
number conversions.

A germane comment is in

http://lua-users.org/lists/lua-l/2006-09/msg00416.html

"Lua has a lot of catching up to do if it wants to be as big and as
slow as JavaScript. "

steve d.