Re: Standard libraries (was Re: Virgin tables)

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

On Sat, Jan 1, 2011 at 8:03 PM, kevin beckford <chiggsy@lazyweb.ca> wrote:
> You do not need standard libraries like Python, you need  a "Lua
> Cookbook" like Perl's  "Perl Cookbook",

A cookbook would be a fantastic thing, especially if we got a little
gang together to write it and spread the workload.  In the meantime,
the wiki continues to be a good place to keep little articles, and I
hope to revive the snippets/recipes site soon.

You don't need a 'standard' library[1], yes, but you do need to show
how to use library code. As Chris says, how to work with a protocol is
a natural topic for a cookbook, but nasty without the right library.

steve d.

[1] 'standard' is not the right word, because www.lua.org will not
endorse it. And life is too short for yet another ISO committee ;)