Re: Lightweight syntax: a dissident view

[David Kastrup <dak@...>]

Drake Wilson <drake@begriffli.ch> writes:

> Quoth David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>, on 2010-11-27 21:37:44 +0100:
>> The Lua approach would be to _make_ functions tables.  Then one need not
>> worry about one being supported differently from the other.
>
> That seems quite bizarre to me, and perhaps more Tcl-esque.  Could you
> describe what you mean in more detail?

No, I couldn't.  It is just an observation that Lua has a tendency not
to make you choose.  You don't pick between arrays and structures, for
example.

On a less bizarre tangent, I expect threads and functions to become the
same eventually.

-- 
David Kastrup